Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Dickerson" akaiswazve APD-21 pana 21 August 1943. Akabva kuNorfolk musi wa1 November 1943 akananga kuPacific. Yakasunga zvikepe kubva kuEspiritu Santo kuenda kuGuadalcanal, ndokuzoramba iri muSolomon Islands pakufamba-famba uye basa rekufambisa. Pana 30 January 1944, iye akaburuka boka rekuongorora reNew Zealanders paGreen Island, achivadzorera nguva pfupi mushure mepakati peusiku hwaFebruary 1 mushure mekunge zvikepe zvakaputirwa nemhepo dzendege. Musi wa15 na20, akaisa mauto pachitsuwa ichi kuti achitore, uye musi wa20 March akaisa mauto pachitsuwa cheEmirou.
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