Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna May kusvikira kuna December, 1941 "Delhi" yakachinjwa kuva ngarava inopesana nendege paBrooklyn Navy Yard. Kugadziridza uku kwaibatanidza &lt;a href="5%26quot%3B/38%20caliber%20gun"&gt;5-inch/38 caliber gun&lt;/a&gt; pakutanga yaive yakanangana neUS destroyer, uye yakasarudzwa nemaoko nemukuru mukuru we "Edison", asi yakaendeswa ku "Delhi" pamirairo yakananga yeMutungamiri Roosevelt. Nezvombo zvake zvitsva zvemaviri, akapa mabhomba emhenderekedzo uye AA rutsigiro rwehuwandu hweAllied landings muMediterranean, (Algiers
, Sicily, Salerno uye Anzio Landings). Pana 20 November 1942 "Delhi" yakakuvadzwa nechiito chemuvengi muAlgiers Bay apo kumashure kwake kwakavhurwa nebhomba rakadonhedzwa nendege dzeItaly. Vashandi vaviri vakaurawa mukurwiswa kwacho. Yakadzokera kuBritain uye yakanga ichigadziriswa kutozosvikira muna April 1943.