Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 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 Kupinda muSouthern France
, uye musi wa13 Nyamavhuvhu, akafamba kubva kuNaples kuti arwise, akatakura Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, uye vatungamiriri ve7th Army, VI Corps, 12th Air Force, uye French Naval Forces.