Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan tafiya mai sauri daga Norfolk, Va., zuwa Wellington, New Zealand, tsakanin 10 ga Mayu da 18 ga Yuli, 1942, don isar da maza na Marines na 1, "Electra", a kan dawowar da aka horar a Chesapeake Bay tare da sojojin da aka sanya wa farkon saukowar arewacin Afirka. Ranar 23 ga watan Oktoba ta tashi zuwa Morocco ta Faransa kuma ta ga aikin a lokacin da aka kai hare-haren.
Daga Safi a ranar 8 ga watan Nuwamba. Ko da yake da dama daga cikin jiragen ruwa sun rasa a karkashin wuta mai tsanani daga bakin teku, sai ya sauke kayan da ya yi a ranar 14 ga watan kuma ya fara tafiya tare da sojojin da suka ji rauni a cikin jirgin. Da yake zuwa Fedhala, jirgin ruwan U-boat na U-173 na Jamus ya yi masa ruwa a gefen dama. Ya kwashe dukkan ma'aikatan "Electra" da fasinjoji ban da ƙungiyar ceton jirgin, kuma tare da taimakon jiragen ruwa da yawa, "Electra" ya sauka a Casablanca bayan kwana biyu. An kwashe kayan da ya rage, kuma kamfanin jirgin ruwansa tare da taimakon kayan aikin ceto a bakin tekun ya yi aikin gyaran gyare-gyare wanda ya ba ta damar komawa Charleston 30 Afrilu 1943.