Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Calvert" ya fara aiki mai kyau wanda ya kamata ya lashe shi a Navy Unit Commendation lokacin da ta tashi daga Norfolk, Virginia a ranar 25 ga Oktoba, 1942 don mamaye Arewacin Afirka
Ka yi haƙuri. Ta sauko da dakarunta a Safi, Faransa Morocco, a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, kuma bayan kwana shida sai ta tashi zuwa Norfolk don horar da sojoji a Chesapeake Bay don sauran mamayewa. A ranar 8 ga Yuni 1943 ta tashi zuwa Bahar Rum da kuma babban hari na biyu, mamayewar Sicily. Ta sanya dakarunta a bakin teku a Scoglitti, Sicily, a ranar 12 ga Yuli.