Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan gyare-gyare a Philadelphia Navy Yard, "Oberon" ya koma Arewacin Afirka a watan Afrilu ta hanyar Cardiff, Wales. A matsayin wani ɓangare na Assault Group II shirya don mamaye kudancin Faransa
ta yi aiki har zuwa ranar 13 ga watan Agusta tare da bakin teku na Algeria da Italiya. Ranar D, ranar 15, ta tafi ba tare da wata matsala ba yayin da ta sauko da sojoji 151 da ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa da kayan aikin tallafi mai mahimmanci a St. Tropez, Faransa. Bayan ƙarin ƙarin ayyuka na kayan aiki daga Oran da Naples, jigilar hare-haren ta haɗu da jerin gwano a kan hanyar zuwa Amurka a ƙarshen Oktoba.