Kubva musi wa5 April kusvika musi wa28 September 1942, "Kearny" yaiperekedza ngarava dzaienda kuGreat Britain, kuPanama Canal, uye kuGalveston, Texas. Pakupera kwaSeptember, yakapiwa basa rokupinda muNorth Africa
. Ikoko akavhara uye pamoto kutsigira mishoni, akapfura pasi ndege yemuvengi, uye akaperekedza ngarava dzevarwi kuSafi, French Morocco. "Kearny" akabva munhandare yokurwisa ndokuperekedza konvo kudzokera kuNew York, achisvika 3 December 1942.