 At Cape Gloucester she embarked troops for another assault on the Philippines (9 January 1945) at Lingayen Gulf to begin the capture of Luzon.The following month, with troops embarked at Biak, "Calvert" successfully landed her assault waves at Mindoro on 9 February.The veteran "Calvert" was now ordered to the west coast for overhaul and conversion to an amphibious flagship, arriving Bremerton on 26 March.