Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan kammala wani ɗan gajeren lokacin horo a Norfolk, Virginia, "Nelson" ya tashi a ranar 7 ga Yuni don shiga cikin
mamayewar Sicily. A lokacin da yake wucewa sai ya tsare jirgin ruwa, ya isa Algiers a ranar 20 ga Yuni. Yin aiki a matsayin babban kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan 81 (TF 81) a lokacin aikin Sicily, "Nelson" an sanya shi aiki tare da tsakiyar ɓangaren Task Force na Yamma. Wannan rukuni ya sauko da sojojin farmaki a kan rairayin bakin teku kusa da Gela, Sicily, don fadada yankin da aka kama, da kuma kama filin jirgin sama na kusa da Ponte Olivo.