Ka cika wannan magana: Daga Mayu zuwa Disamba, 1941 "Delhi" an sake gyara shi a matsayin mai hana jirgin sama a Brooklyn Navy Yard. Wannan gyare-gyaren ya hada da &lt; a href="5%26quot%3B/38%20caliber%20gun"&gt;5-inch/38 caliber gun&lt;/a&gt; wanda aka tsara shi ne don Amurka mai hallaka, kuma kwamandan kwamandan "Edison" ya zaba, amma an canja shi zuwa "Delhi" a kan umarnin kai tsaye Shugaba Roosevelt. Tare da sabon makamai na biyu, ya ba da bombardment na bakin teku da kuma AA goyon baya ga yawan Allied landings a cikin Bahar Rum, (
Algiers, Sicily, Salerno da kuma Anzio Landings). A ranar 20 ga Nuwamba 1942 "Delhi" ya lalace ta hanyar aikin abokan gaba a Algiers Bay lokacin da jirginsa ya fashe ta hanyar bam da jirgin saman Italiya ya jefa. An kashe ma'aikatan jirgin biyu a harin. Ta koma Birtaniya kuma an gyara shi har zuwa Afrilu 1943.