Early in 1945, the drydock began to receive modifications at the Kaiser Cargo yard at Richmond, California, in preparation for assignment to advanced bases in the Pacific.

She stopped en route at Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands to change tugs and then continued on to the Marianas on 24 August under tow by USS Wateree.

The floating drydock arrived at Guam on 2 September and operated there and later at Okinawa until late in 1946 when she was transferred to Pearl Harbor.

ARD-29 provided repair services to Pacific Fleet ships at Pearl Harbor until the beginning of 1959.

At that time, she was towed back to Guam where she served out the last 12 years of her Navy career.