Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan na biyu shakedown a cikin Caribbean da horo tare da Gabashin Coast, "Hambleton" ya bi wani jirgin zuwa Oran a watan Afrilu 1944, kuma ya fara shirya don rawar da ya taka a cikin mamayewar Normandy. Ta yi aiki a Yammacin Rumunan tare da wasu masu hallaka bakwai da jiragen sama na Birtaniya, ta nutse a ranar 17 ga Mayu bayan bin bin bindigar Jamus na kwanaki 4. Daga Bahar Rum "Hambleton" ya tashi zuwa Plymouth, Ingila, wurin da aka shirya don mamayewa. Ta raka babban jerin gwano na LSTs zuwa wuraren saukowa a ranar 7 ga Yuni, D-Day da 1, kuma ya kasance a bakin tekun Omaha don yin harbi da kuma aikin bincike. A cikin sa'o'i na safiya na ranar 9 ga Yuni, radar na "Hambleton" ya karbi wasu lambobin sadarwa, nan da nan aka ƙaddara su zama jiragen ruwa na Nazi. Da bindigoginta suka tashi, "Hambleton" ya fara bin abokan gaba. A cikin sa'o'i 4 da ke gudana a cikin bindigogi, ta nutsar da daya kuma ta lalata wani daga cikin jirgi biyar na Jamus. Bayan ya dawo don tanadi a Portland, Ingila, "Hambleton" ya sake komawa kan layi don
Bam da aka yi wa Cherbourg 25 ga Yuni.