Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I muri i te whakakorenga, i toia a "Guavina" ki te awa o Mississippi i roto i te tauranga maroke e rere ana e te "Minnesota", ka tae ki New Orleans i te 24 o Hanuere 1944. I whakaakona ia ki New Orleans me Balboa, C.Z.
, i mua i te taenga atu ki Pearl Harbor i te 5 o Paenga-whāwhā ki te whakarite mo tana parekura whawhai tuatahi.