Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Shakedown yakakwana, "Catoctin" yakachenesa Norfolk 5 March 1944 yeAlgiers, uko yakashuma musi wa 19 March semutungamiri wemutungamiri, 8th Fleet. Akagara muAlgiers uye gare gare muOran kusvikira musi wa 8 July, paakazoenda kuNaples, Italy. Musi waJuly 24, muNaples, Mambo George VI weUnited Kingdom akashanyira ngarava. Kwemwedzi inoverengeka, "Catoctin" yakanga yava dzimbahwe rokuronga kwe
Kupinda kweSouthern France, uye musi wa13 Nyamavhuvhu, akafamba kubva kuNaples kuti arwise, akatakura Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, uye vatungamiri ve7th Army, VI Corps, 12th Air Force, uye French Naval Forces.