Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Wendt akapinda Chikoro cheNaval Postgraduate kubva munaJune kusvika munaSeptember 1939, kuti adzidziswe mumashandisirwo ekukurukurirana, asi kosi yacho yakapfupiswa apo Mutungamiri Franklin D. Roosevelt akatanga Neutrality Patrol operations, umo akabatanidzwa semukuru wezvombo uye mutungamiri wekutanga mubhodhi muPanama Canal Zone kusvikira munaJune 1940. Akashanda mwedzi mitanhatu semudzidzisi mukuru pavashandi veMukuru weDestroyer Squadron 27 asati aendeswa muna December kuvashandi veMukuru weDestroyer Squadron 30 kusvika munaSeptember 1943, nokuda kwebasa rekufambisa kutungamira kwevashandi uye kutora chikamu mu
kupinda muNorth Africa.