Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan tafiya a gabashin Atlantic, "Nicholson" ya biye da jiragen ruwa ta hanyar Arewacin Atlantic da ke cike da U-boat da farko daga Boston zuwa Newfoundland sannan kuma zuwa Scotland da Ingila har zuwa kaka na 1942. A wani ɗan gajeren lokacin horo a bakin tekun Virginia, ta shirya don mamaye Casablanca
, amma raunin turbine ya hana ta shiga cikin saukowa na farko. Ta isa kwanaki hudu bayan haka, ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, don taimakawa wajen ƙarfafa bakin teku da kuma yin sintiri. Ya shiga cikin yakin Bizerte da hare-haren farko a Salerno, yana fuskantar mummunan harin iska daga Luftwaffe a Bizerte da Salerno.