Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan mamayewar Allied na Arewacin Afirka
a watan Nuwamba na 1942 wanda ya haifar da ɓarna da yawa na daular Faransa ta ƙetare, "Richelieu" an canja shi zuwa ikon Faransa. An tura ta zuwa Amurka don gyarawa da sabuntawa na dindindin don kawo jirgin zuwa sababbin ka'idodin Amurka da na Burtaniya, gami da babban batirin anti-aircraft na bindigogi Bofors hamsin da shida da bindigogi na Oerlikon arba'in da takwas, duk da cewa Sojojin ruwan Amurka sun ƙi raba mafi kyawun radars tare da Faransanci. Bayan kammala gyare-gyare da sabuntawa, jirgin ya yi aiki tare da British Home Fleet a farkon 1944; a can, ta yi aiki a matsayin wani ɓangare na rundunar da ke karewa daga jirgin yakin Jamus wanda ke barazanar jigilar jiragen ruwa zuwa Tarayyar Soviet. Ba ta ga wani aiki ba a wannan lokacin, yayin da sojojin Jamus suka kasance a tashar jiragen ruwa, mafi yawa sakamakon sakamakon rashin isasshen man fetur.