 After shakedown, "Pontotoc" transited the Panama Canal and arrived Pearl Harbor 18 April 1945.Reclassified as "Gwinnett"-class aviation stores issue ship AVS-7 effective 25 May, "Pontotoc" steamed for the Philippine Islands, reporting for duty 8 July at Guiuan, Samar, Philippine Islands.She provided aviation stores on station in the Philippines through the end of hostilities.