Following a period in drydock at Galveston, Texas, the store ship got underway on 29 April for her shakedown cruise in the Gulf of Mexico.

On the night of the 25th and 26th, she transited the Panama Canal and then moored at Balboa to await delivery of additional spare parts for her refrigeration machinery.

Although difficulties with her main engine plagued her during the voyage, she arrived at Guiuan, Samar, on 11 August and spent the rest of the month issuing small amounts of supplies and provisions at various locations in the archipelago.

Between her return to the Philippines in late September 1945 and the first week in January 1946, the store ship made two more round-trip voyages to Manus and back.

Though not in a commissioned status, the stores ship reassumed the name Bondia and plied the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea for over 20 years in support to American warships.

Bondia’s crew was eligible for the following medals: This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.