Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mudzvinyiriri minesweeper akabva kuNorfolk musi wa24 October 1942 kunobatana neTask Force (TF) 34, simba rokupinda muNorth Africa
. "Stansbury" akagoverwa kuMine Squadron (MinRon) 7 yeCenter Attack Group nokuda kwekubhururuka. Nzvimbo yekurwisa yeboka racho yaiva paFedala kumusoro kwemhenderekedzo yegungwa kubva kuCasablanca. Ngarava dzacho dzakasvika pedyo nenzvimbo yechinangwa musi wa7 November. "Stansbury" nedzimwe ngarava dzokutsvaira zvimbambaira dzakaita nzvero yokutsvakurudza yenzira dzokupinda nadzo uye ipapo iye akabatana nechidzitiro mukufambisa nzvimbo yokutakura. Musi wa15 Mbudzi, yakaputitswa ne torpedo, asi nekuda kwekuedza kwe "Stansbury",, uye akaramba achikwira usiku hwose uye akaiswa pamhenderekedzo paCasablanca mangwanani akatevera. Mudzvinyiriri wacho akadzokera kuHampton Roads, Virginia, musi waDecember 26, 1942. Gore rakatevera racho, akafamba nemumvura dziri kumabvazuva kwemhenderekedzo yegungwa yeUnited States uye North Atlantic kure kumabvazuva kweIceland.