Kammala wannan magana: Lokacin da Amurka ta shiga yaƙin, "Hughes" ya tsare jiragen ruwa na kasuwanci a cikin jiragen ruwa na bakin teku, jiragen ruwa na Caribbean, da kuma daga wuraren haɗuwa na tsakiyar teku zuwa Iceland da New York. Tsakanin 30 ga Afrilu da 19 ga Mayu 1942, ta yi ta farko ta tsallaka Atlantic a cikin wani jirgin ruwa zuwa Belfast, Arewacin Ireland, ya koma Boston don ci gaba da aikin yammacin Atlantic. Daga watan Agustan 1942, aikin aikin jirgin ruwa na Atlantic shi ne aikinsa, tare da Arewacin Ireland a matsayin makomarsa. Ranar 2 ga watan Nuwamba, ta tashi daga New York don ta biye da jirgin farko na UGF 2 don
Kasashen Arewacin Afirka zuwa Casablanca, sun isa ranar 18 ga Nuwamba. A nan ta kasance a kan sintiri na wata daya kafin ta koma aikinta na yau da kullum.