Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ngarava yacho yakanga yaongororwa kuti ishandiswe sechikepe chechipatara cheHondo, ichifungidzirwa kuti iri nani pane dzakawanda dzakashandurwa, asi haina kumbobvira yashandurwa kana kushandiswa sechikepe chechipatara. Ngarava yacho yakapiwa kuHondo yekufambisa zvinodiwa uye yakashandiswa neAlooa Steamship Company pasi peArmy Transportation Corps nguva yekubvumirana chibvumirano kusvikira yaiswa pasi pechibvumirano cheWSA neEastern Steamship musi waMarch 25. Musi waAugust 1, 1942 ngarava yacho yakaendeswa kuNorfolk, Virginia kuti ishandiswe pasi pe bareboat charter neDhipatimendi reHondo (Mauto) kuti ishandiswe seUnited States Army Transport. Kutakura kwacho kwakashanda mukati mehafu yokutanga ya1942 kubva kuNew Orleans kuenda kuCuraçao, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Jamaica, Haiti, uye Panama. Pashure pokugadziriswa nokuchinjwa muGalveston, Texas mukati maSeptember naOctober 1942 "Evangeline" akatanga kushanda kubva kuNew York muna November kuenda kuOran, Casablanca, Algiers, Bizerte, nedzimwe nzvimbo dzokuNorth Africa dzinotsigira mabasa pashure
kumhara muNorth Africa pana November 8, 1942. Kufambisa kwakaita rwendo rumwe kuUnited Kingdom mushure mekudzokera kuNew York munaAugust 1943 uye munaJanuary 1944 yakaenda kunoshanda muSouthwest Pacific Area (SWPA) nokuda kwemabasa.