Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Mai iā Me seʻia oo iā Tesema, 1941, na toe faaleleia ai le "Delhi" e avea o se vaa vaʻalele e tetee atu i vaalele i le Brooklyn Navy Yard. O lenei toe faaleleia na aofia ai &lt;a href="5%26quot%3B/38%20caliber%20gun"&gt;5-inisi/38 caliber gun&lt;/a&gt; na fuafuaina muamua mo le US destroyer, ma na filifilia e le ofisa pule o le "Edison", ae na siitia atu i le "Delhi" i luga o faatonuga tuusaʻo a Peresitene Roosevelt. Faatasi ai ma lona fou lua-faamoemoega autu auupega, na ia tuuina atu matafaga bombardment ma AA lagolago mo le tele o Allied tulaueleele i le Metitirani, (
Algiers, Sicily, Salerno ma le Anzio Landings). I le aso 20 o Novema 1942, na faaleagaina ai le "Delhi" i le osofaʻiga a le fili i le Bay o Algiers, ina ua osofaʻia lona tua i se pomu na paʻu i lalo e vaalele a Italia. E toʻalua tagata o le ʻauvaa na maliliu i le osofaʻiga. Na toe foʻi o ia i Peretania ma toe faaleleia seʻia oo iā Aperila 1943.