Kammala wannan jumla: "Alcyone" ya sake wucewa ta hanyar Panama Canal a ranar 2 ga Maris, ya isa Charleston Navy Yard a ranar 9, kuma ya yi gyare-gyare na wata daya kafin ya tashi zuwa Norfolk a tsakiyar watan Afrilu. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da ya isa Norfolk, "Alcyone" ya fara lokacin horo a cikin Chesapeake Bay wanda ya ci gaba har zuwa farkon Yuni. Ta tashi tare da Task Force 65 a ranar 8 ga watan zuwa ga Bahar Rum. Jirgin sa ya kori hare-haren abokan gaba da yawa a hanya kafin ya isa lafiya a Oran, Algeria, a ranar 22 ga Yuni. Ta shiga cikin motsa jiki na amphibious kuma ta ɗora kaya a cikin shirye-shiryen da ke zuwa.
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