An kaddamar da shi a ranar 26 ga watan Agustan 1937 a New York Navy Yard, wanda Helen Poindexter (yar Joseph B. Poindexter, Gwamnan Hawaii) ya tallafa masa, kuma aka ba da umurni a ranar 15 ga watan Yuni, 1938, tare da Kyaftin Oscar Smith a cikin umurnin. Bayan da aka yi wa Ingila, Honolulu ya shiga cikin matsalolin jiragen ruwa da kuma motsa jiki a cikin Tekun Caribbean. Ta tashi daga New York a ranar 24 ga Mayu, 1939 don shiga cikin Pacific Fleet, ya isa San Pedro, California a ranar 14 ga Yuni.
Birnin Honolulu