Ingersoll akasimudzirwa pachinhanho chaAdmiral musi wa1 Chikunguru akatevera uye akaputsa mureza wake pabhazi rakashandurwa USS "Vixen" (PG-53) musi wa17 Chikunguru. Pashure pokuronga kufamba kwezviuru zvengarava kuyambuka Atlantic kuva navarume nezvokushandisa muruoko panguva chaiyo nokuda kwokumhara kweNorth Africa
muna November 1942, aivawo nebasa rokuronga kuumbwa kwevashandi vehondo vaiperekedza ngarava avo vaivimbisa kusvika kwakachengeteka kwevashandi vehondo.