Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Cepheus" yakabva muStaten Island musi wa27 February 1944, ichienda kuLiverpool. Kunyange zvazvo zvikepe zvepasi pemvura zvakati wandei zvakashumwa kuti zvaiva mumugwagwa, basa rakanaka rakaitwa nevakanga vari mumugwagwa rakaita kuti pasave nekurwiswa, uye ngarava yacho yakasvika yakachengeteka musi wa9 March, nemutoro wayo waienda kunopinda muNormandy. Achibatanidza divi rake rakagoverwa mumvura dzeScotland, "Cepheus" akaenda kuOran, kwaakasvika musi wa6 Kubvumbi kunomhan'ara kuEighth Amphibious Force. Pashure pokudzidzira miitiro pamwe Algeria pamhenderekedzo, iye akatakura motokari uye mauto nokuda kupfuura kuna Naples, apo iye unloaded 19 June kusvika 23 June. Pashure pokudzidziswa paPalermo uye Salerno, akadzokera kuNaples kuti adzikinure zvombo zvehondo, akabva abvumirwa kuCastellammare pedyo nePalermo kuti arwe nemutoro wezvombo zvehondo.
kupinda muSouthern France.