Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mokuputika kuenda kuU.S. East Coast, "Mainstay" yakaitwa shakedown muChesapeake Bay uye yakabatana neMine Division 32 musi wa 21 July. Mazuva matatu gare gare akaenda kuMediterranean, uye, sevatsigiri vekutakura UGS-49, akasvika Oran, Algeria, 10 August. Pazuva rechi15 akaenda kunotsvaira zvimbambaira kuti atsigire kurwisa kweAllied kumaodzanyemba kweFrance
pamhenderekedzo yeProvence. Akavhara mahombekombe eFrance musi wa20 August, uye mumwedzi miviri yakatevera akafuratira zvimbambaira zvemuvengi kubva kuMarseilles, France, kuenda kuSan Remo, Italy. Paakanga achitsvaira mhenderekedzo yegungwa pakati peMenton, France, neVentimiglia, Italy, akauya pasi pemoto kubva kumabatiri emhenderekedzo yegungwa yeGerman musi wa9 na10 Gunyana uye akabatanidza zvombo zvevavengi ne3-inch pfuti. Mukuwedzera, iye akabetsera kudzivisa kurwiswa nevakanyudzwa, mumwe-murume "vanhu torpedoes" pazvombo zvokutsigira pfuti musi wa10.