Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga Mayu zuwa Disamba, 1941 "Delhi" an sake gyara shi a matsayin mai ba da jirgin sama a Yankin Navy na Brooklyn. Wannan gyare-gyaren ya hada da &lt; a href="5%26quot%3B/38%20caliber%20gun"&gt;5-inch/38 caliber gun&lt;/a&gt; wanda aka yi niyya ne ga jirgin ruwan Amurka, kuma kwamandan kwamandan "Edison" ya zaba, amma an canza shi zuwa "Delhi" a kan umarnin kai tsaye Shugaba Roosevelt. Tare da sabon makamansa na biyu, ya ba da bombardment na bakin teku da kuma goyon bayan AA ga wasu daga cikin jiragen ruwa na Allied a cikin Bahar Rum, (Algiers
, Sicily, Salerno da kuma Anzio Landings). A ranar 20 ga Nuwamba 1942 "Delhi" ya lalace ta hanyar aikin abokan gaba a Algiers Bay lokacin da jirginsa ya fashe ta hanyar bam da jirgin saman Italiya ya jefa. An kashe ma'aikatan jirgin biyu a harin. Ta koma Birtaniya kuma an gyara shi har zuwa Afrilu 1943.