Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Jirgin ruwa da farko ya yi sintiri a yankin Caribbean, sannan ya koma Bahar Rum, ya shiga cikin saukowa a kudancin Faransa
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin Janairu 1945, "Incredible" ya koma Bahar Maliya, kuma ya yi ayyukan share fage daga sansanin Sojojin Ruwa na Soviet a Sevastopol, Crimea. Bayan haka jirgin ya yi aikin ceto na iska-teku a cikin Bahar Maliya kafin ya koma Palermo, Sicily. A lokacin da aka sallame shi a watan Maris na 1946, ya sami matsayi na Sonarman First Class (SO1) kuma ya sami lambar tsabtace ma'adinai. An kuma ba shi lambar yabo ta Bronze Star da lambar yabo ta kyawawan halaye. Ta hanyar ayyukansa, Van Cleef ya cancanci samun lambar yabo ta Turai-Afirka-Middle Eastern Campaign, lambar yabo ta Asiya-Pacific Campaign, lambar yabo ta Amurka, da lambar yabo ta yakin duniya na biyu. An sallame shi daga rundunar sojan ruwa a shekara ta 1946.