Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokudzvinyirirwa kwechipiri muCaribbean nokudzidziswa pamwe chete neEast Coast, "Hambleton" akaperekedza konvo kuOran muna April 1944, uye akavamba kugadzirira basa rake mukupinda kweNormandy. Kushanda muWestern Mediterranean nevamwe vanomwe vanoparadza uye ndege dzeBritish scout, iye akanyura musi wa17 Chivabvu mushure mekutsvaga kwemazuva mana kweGerman marauder. Kubva kuMediterranean "Hambleton" yakaenda kuPlymouth, England, nharaunda yokugadzirira nokuda kwokudenha kunokosha. Akaperekedza boka guru reLSTs kunzvimbo dzekumhara musi wa7 Chikumi, D-Day plus 1, uye akasara kure neOmaha Beach nokuda kwekuputika kwemhenderekedzo yemhenderekedzo nemabasa ekuongorora. Mumaawa okutanga omangwanani e9 June, radar ye"Hambleton" yakawana zviratidzo zvinoverengeka, nokukurumidza zvakatarwa kuva zvikepe zveNazi zveE-boats. Zvombo zvaro zvichiputika, "Hambleton" akabuda achitevera muvengi. Mukurwisana kwemaawa mana, yakanyudza imwe uye yakakuvadza zvikuru imwe yengarava shanu dzeGermany. Pashure pokudzokera kunotora zvokudya paPortland, England, "Hambleton" akanga adzokerazve kumutsetse nokuda kweBombardment yeCherbourg
25 June.