 Arriving the following day, "Bayonne" remained there for almost two months.Selected for transfer to the Soviet Navy in Project Hula, a secret program for the transfer of U.S. Navy ships to the Soviet Navy at Cold Bay in the Territory of Alaska in anticipation of the Soviet Union joining the war against Japan, "Bayonne" got underway on 3 July 1945 and steamed via the Panama Canal to Bremerton, Washington, where she entered the Puget Sound Navy Yard for a short period of repairs.During the last week of August 1945, she proceeded to Cold Bay and soon began the training of her new Soviet crew.