Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubva muna May kusvika muna December, 1941 "Delhi" yakagadziridzwa kuti ive ngarava inorwisa ndege kuBrooklyn Navy Yard. Kugadziridza uku kwaibatanidza &lt;a href="5%26quot%3B/38%20caliber%20gun"&gt;5-inch/38 caliber gun&lt;/a&gt; pakutanga yaive yakanangana neUS destroyer, uye yakasarudzwa nemaoko nemukuru mukuru we "Edison", asi yakaendeswa ku "Delhi" pamirairo yakananga yeMutungamiri Roosevelt. Nezvombo zvayo zvitsva zvemaviri, yakapa kubhombwa kwepamhenderekedzo uye AA rutsigiro rwehuwandu hweAllied landings muMediterranean, (
Algiers, Sicily, Salerno uye Anzio Landings). Pana 20 November 1942 "Delhi" yakakuvadzwa nechiito chemuvengi muAlgiers Bay apo kumashure kwake kwakavhurwa nebhomba rakadonhedzwa nendege dzeItaly. Vashandi vaviri vakaurawa mukurwiswa kwacho. Yakadzokera kuBritain uye yakanga ichigadziriswa kutozosvikira muna April 1943.