Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna March 1941, Rear Admiral Giffen akava mutungamiriri weboka revafambisi vengarava. Akatungamirira North Atlantic Neutrality Patrol pakuwedzera "mabasa ehondo" mukati mechikamu chokupedzisira cha1941. Apo hondo yeUnited States yakatanga zviri pamutemo muna December, akatungamirira mauto aiva pamusoro pemvura aiperekedza ngarava uye, pane dzimwe nguva, aishandira pamwe chete neBritish Home Fleet. Muna November 1942, akabatanidzwa mukupinda muNorth Africa
, apo boka rake rebasa rakanyatsopindira zvikepe zvehondo zveFrance uye ndege kunze kweCasablanca, Morocco.