On the 24th, the net laying ship steamed to Melville, Rhode Island, for shakedown training which she completed on 11 September.

On 14 October, the net laying ship set course for Tanapag harbor, Saipan, with a load of nets.

The net laying ship returned to the Philippines to serve off Leyte from 15 January 1946 until the middle of September.

After conducting shakedown training in Puget Sound, the net laying ship got underway for Alaska and reached Dutch Harbor on 20 May.

ARC, the United States Navy hull classification symbol for "cable repairing ship" or "cable laying ship"

She was commissioned in 1943 as HMS Sancroft, being converted into a cable laying ship for Operation Pluto.

The net laying ship completed repairs and put to sea on 15 September.

The net laying ship reached San Francisco, California, on 15 August 1952 but moved south to San Diego, California, soon thereafter.

Following brief shakedown training out of Norfolk, Virginia and Boston, Massachusetts, the net laying ship sailed on 11 August for the Pacific Ocean.

The SS Great Eastern liner made by Isambard Kingdom Brunel was employed as a cable laying ship.