Kammala wannan jumla: "Dextrous" ya tashi daga Norfolk, Virginia, a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba, 1943 a matsayin mai kula da jirgin ruwa, ya isa Bizerte, Tunisia, ranar 3 ga Janairu, 1944. Bayan kwana goma sai ya yi tafiya zuwa Naples, Italiya, don ya yi ruwan sama a Tekun Salerno. A ranar 21 ga watan Janairu ta bar Naples zuwa bakin rairayin bakin teku na Anzio-Nettuno inda ta share ma'adanai kafin kai hari a rana mai zuwa, kuma ta yi sintiri da kuma samar da wuta ta iska a lokacin gwagwarmayar gwagwarmaya a bakin teku. Ban da tafiye-tafiye biyu zuwa Bizerte don sake cikawa, "Dextrous" ya yi aiki a Anzio har zuwa 12 ga Agusta 1944 lokacin da ta tashi daga Naples don
pre- mamayewa mines sweeping kashe kudancin Faransa ta bakin teku. Ta shafe kuma ta yi sintiri a can har zuwa ranar 1 ga Oktoba lokacin da ta shiga Bizerte. Ta ba da gudummawa ga wani jirgi na LSTs, ta koma Norfolk, Virginia, ranar 11 ga watan Disamba don gyarawa.