The following day, 9 July 1944, in compliance with orders received from ComServPac, Zeus reported to Commander ServRon 10 for duty. She shifted berths within the central anchorage that afternoon, dropping anchor in berth 562, then on 15 July, set about her work, carrying out repair work for her first three vessels: the infantry landing craft , the motor minesweeper , and the tank landing ship . Zeus shifted her berth to M-8 on 16 July, doing repairs for the escort carriers and , then moved back to the central anchorage (berth 563) on 18 July, where she soon began repairs on the old tug and a landing craft (vehicle and personnel) (LCV(P)). For the remainder of the month, the ship carried out work on a variety of vessels ranging from two submarine chasers ( and ) to three pontoon barges and a pair of target rafts.
