She arrived at her destination, Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, 4 February and commenced intensive amphibious training operations in preparation for the invasion of Okinawa.

At San Francisco she embarked Army Air Corps men and equipment for passage to the Philippines and sailed on 18 May.

She entered Manila Bay 14 June, debarked the troops, and then steamed for Leyte, discharging cargo at Tacloban on the 19th.

Arriving Milne Bay, 30 June, she embarked medical supplies and a hospital detachment and got underway for Manila.

Next ordered to Ulithi, the transport took on veteran Army Air Corps troops for return to the United States.

Proceeding to Guam 21 August, she continued to transport troops and cargo to and among the islands of the western and central Pacific for the next 2 months.

On 30 October, she reported, at Nagasaki, for "Magic Carpet" duty, returning men to the United States, arriving Seattle 21 November.

Marvin H. McIntyre entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet at James River, Virginia, on 12 June 1946.