she sailed for hawaiian waters on 22 february. routed onward to the western pacific, "windsor" departed pearl harbor on 20 march, with a contingent of construction battalion ("seabees") troops embarked, and made calls at eniwetok, guam, and samar, in the philippines, discharging passengers and cargo in guiuan roadstead, samar, on 9 april. the attack transport lay off samar for nearly two weeks before she received onward routing to return to san francisco and, on her ensuing voyage, touched at peleliu, guam, saipan, tinian, and pearl harbor to pick up passengers. from san francisco, "windsor" headed up the west coast to seattle, washington, where she loaded general cargo and troops. she then returned to pearl harbor, reaching that port on 11 june and debarking the troops and discharging the cargo.