Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Fitch" aikin farko, daga 1 ga Yuli zuwa 5 ga Agusta 1942, shine ya raka mai ɗaukar jirgin sama zuwa wani wuri a Gold Coast, inda mai ɗaukar jirgin ya tashi daga jirgin saman Sojan Sama na Amurka zuwa Accra. Mai rushewa ya koma Norfolk a ranar 5 ga watan Agusta don yin amfani da shi a shirye-shiryen kai hari kan Arewacin Afirka
, wanda ya tashi daga Bermuda a ranar 25 ga Oktoba. Ganin "Ranger" da masu jigilar jiragen ruwa guda biyu, "Fitch" ya shiga cikin saukar jiragen ruwa a Fedhala, Faransa ta Morocco, a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, kuma ya tsare masu jigilar jiragen sama yayin da suka tashi zuwa filin jirgin sama a Port Lyautey. Komawa zuwa Norfolk a ranar 24 ga watan Nuwamba, "Fitch" ya shiga cikin darussan a Casco da Chesapeake Bays, kuma ya yi aiki a bakin teku, yana tafiya zuwa kudancin Panama Canal Zone, ta hanyar sauran 1942.