Ka cika wannan jumla: A farkon sabuwar shekara, "Oberon" ya wuce ta Panama Canal; kuma, yayin da yake tafiya zuwa Kudancin Pacific, an sake sanya shi AKA<unk>14. Ta sauke kayanta a New Caledonia da New Hebrides kafin ta koma Norfolk, a ranar 12 ga Maris, 1943. Kammala gyare-gyare "Oberon" ya sake tsallaka Atlantic zuwa Bahar Rum kuma ya tsaya a ranar 10 ga Yuli, daga Gela don
saukar jiragen ruwa a Sicily. Watanni biyu bayan haka, batirinsa na anti-aircraft ya sake fashewa a yayin ayyukan saukewa a cikin mamayewa mai wuya na Salerno Bay, Italiya. An janye shi don yin tafiya a Oran zuwa Bizerte, "Oberon" ya bar yankin a watan Disamba tare da sojojin 120 da kuma kayan aiki da ke zuwa Belfast, Arewacin Ireland. Daga baya a wannan watan guguwar Atlantic ta haifar da lalacewa fiye da ayyukan abokan gaba.