Kammala wannan magana: "Rhind" ya koma Amurka a watan Yuli. A watan Agusta ta biye da jiragen ruwa na bakin teku tsakanin Boston da NS Argentia, sa'an nan kuma ya juya kudu don gudanar da ayyukan ASW a kudu maso gabashin bakin teku da kuma Caribbean. Ayyuka a yankin Casco Bay ya biyo baya a farkon Oktoba kuma a ranar 24th ta fara tafiya zuwa Arewacin Afirka. Da yake nuna "Massachusetts" (BB-59) a hanya ta isa bakin tekun Morocco a daren 7 ga Nuwamba. A lokacin yakin Naval na Casablanca a ranar 8th ta harbe jirgin ruwa na Vichy da ke kokarin mayar da sojojin.
Allied mamayewa na Arewacin Afirka da kuma fashe bakin teku batura. Ta hanyar 12, ta goyi bayan dakarun da ke bakin teku da kuma kare manyan jiragen ruwa a yankin Fedhala-Casablanca. Komawa a Hampton Roads ranar 20 ga watan Nuwamba, mai rushewa ya sake komawa aikin kulawa kuma a cikin sabuwar shekara, 1943, ya tsare jiragen ruwa zuwa Arewacin Afirka. Ranar 28 ga Afrilu ta koma New York tare da rundunar GUS-6, wadda ta tashi, a matsayin UGS-6, ranar 4 ga Maris kuma ta rasa 'yan kasuwa biyar zuwa wolfpack tsakanin 13th da 17th. A ranar 10 ga watan Mayu, "Rhind" ya sake tashi daga New York zuwa Arewacin Afirka, yana rakiyar wani jirgin ruwa na soja, kuma ya isa Algiers ranar 2 ga Yuni. A cikin wata mai zuwa ta gudanar da rangadin ASW kuma ta raka jiragen ruwa a bakin tekun Arewacin Afirka.