Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shigar da sojoji da ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa 5,600, a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 1942, "Hermitage" ya bar New York tare da kyaftin dinsa a matsayin kwamandan jirgin. Kwana shida bayan haka
An fara mamaye Arewacin Afirka, kuma "Hermitage" a ranar 10 zuwa 25 ga Nuwamba ya sauko da fasinjojinsa a Casablanca don shiga cikin yakin basasa. Komawa zuwa Norfolk, Virginia ranar 11 ga watan Disamba, "Hermitage" na gaba ya tafi Pacific tare da kusan fasinjoji 6,000. Bayan da aka shiga da kuma saukar da fasinjoji a Balboa, Noumea, Brisbane, Sydney, Pago Pago, da Honolulu, tsohon jirgin ruwa mai tsada ya sauka a San Francisco 2 Maris 1943.