Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mumwedzi 15 yokutanga yebasa rayo rinoshanda, ngarava inotsvaira zvimbambaira yakafamba nomumhenderekedzo yegungwa yokumabvazuva kweUnited States. Muna July 1944, akafamba nomuAtlantic Ocean kuti apinde muhondo yokuSouthern France
uye, asi nokuda kwokuzadzazve mafuta uye kuzadzazve paCorsica, yakaramba iri pamhenderekedzo iyoyo ichitsvaira zvimbambaira kubva pakurwiswa kwokutanga mangwanani aAugust 15 kusvikira kuSeptember 21. Panguva iyoyo, akatamira kuPalermo, Sicily, kwaakaita mamwe mabasa okuchenesa zvimbambaira. "YMS-164" yakaramba ichishanda munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana muMediterranean kusvikira pakapera hondo muEurope.