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French West Africa nezvikepe zvayo, kusanganisira "Le Fantasque" nehanzvadzi yayo "Le Terrible", vakabatana neAllies musi wa24 Mbudzi. Hanzvadzi dzacho dzakaenda kuCasablanca, kuFrench Morocco, uko zvombo zvavo zvakareruka zvinorwisa ndege zvakabviswa musi wa21 Ndira 1943 ndokuzoendeswa kuCharlestown Navy Yard muBoston kunovandudzwa. Kusvika musi wa 21 February, "Le Fantasque" yakasvika kusvika musi wa 25 June uye yaisanganisira kuwedzera kweBritish Type 128D ASDIC system, kuiswa kweSA early-warning uye SF surface search radars, kubviswa kweake torpedo tubes uye kutendeuka kwemamwe mabheji emvura yekudya mafuta kuti awedzere nzvimbo yake. Nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo dzeAA dzaisanganisira pfuti dzeBofors dzinosvika masere dziri mumakomo mana dzakapfurwa nepamusoro pezvombo zve138.6 mm, uye zvombo zviviri zvakapetwa mberi kwechikepe; pfuti sere dzeOerlikon dzakawedzerwawo mumakomo mamwe chete, mana pamativi ebhiriji uye pfuti dzakasara pamapuratifomu ari kumashure. Kuchinja uku kwakawedzera pamusoro pekudzingwa kwake; panguva yekuedzwa kwekukurumidza musi wa 12 June, ngarava yakasvika. Pashure pokugadziridza, iye reclassified somunhu chiedza cruiser uye 10th Scout Division akanga redesignated sezvo 10th Light Cruiser Division (). Pasinei nebasa rokuvandudza muBoston, turbines dzengarava dzacho dzaiwanzokundikana kana dzikashandiswa zvikuru uye dzaida kugadziridzwa kakawanda. Kuenzanisa, vaFrench vakagamuchira mutemo wekuchengeta maviri emidziyo mitatu mu10th Light Cruiser Division (LCD) inoshanda panguva ipi neipi apo ngarava yechitatu yakanga ichigadziriswa.