Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kupinza mauto ehondo navashandi vengarava 5600, pana 2 November 1942 "Hermitage" yakabva muNew York nomukuru wayo achiita somutungamiriri wengarava. Mazuva matanhatu gare gare kudenha kweNorth Africa
kwakatanga, uye "Hermitage" musi wa 10-25 Mbudzi yakaburitsa vatakurwi vayo paCasablanca kuti vatore rutivi muhondo inokosha. Achidzokera kuNorfolk, Virginia 11 December, "Hermitage" yakatevera yakananga kuPacific nevatakurwi vanenge 6.000 vakakwira. Pashure pokukwira nokuburutsa vatakurwi paBalboa, Noumea, Brisbane, Sydney, Pago Pago, uye Honolulu, yaimbova ngarava inodhura yakasvika paSan Francisco 2 March 1943.