Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokubviswa pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yeMaine, "Herndon" akaendesa motokari kubva kuNew York City kuenda kuCasablanca, achidzokera kuNew York musi waMay 14, 1943 achifambisa mutengesi. Achibva kuNorfolk musi wa8 Chikumi, akasvika kuAlgiers musi wa24 Chikumi uye akagadzirira basa rinokosha mu
Hondo yeSicilian. Sezvo mauto eAllied amphibious pasi pehutungamiri hweGeneral Dwight D. Eisenhower akatanga kurwisa kwekutanga pa "nyoro nyoro yeEurope" 10 July 1943, "Herndon" yakaita anti-submarine patrol basa pamwe nekutsigirwa kwemoto kweLt. General George S. Patton's US 7th Army uye General Bernard L. Montgomery's British 8th Army. Achibva muMediterranean musi wa3 Nyamavhuvhu, "Herndon" akapedza mwedzi mipfumbamwe yakatevera achiperekedza ngarava dzehondo kuyambuka Atlantic kubva kuNew York kuenda kuzviteshi zvakasiyana zveBritish sezvo kuunganidzwa kukuru kwekupinda kweFrance kwakarova zvizere. PaD-Day, 6 June 1944, "Herndon" akanga ari kure neOmaha Beach, mberi mberi mu"Bald-headed Row" mberi kwemafungu okutanga okurwisa. Pasinei zvapo nomwoto mukuru wokupindura waibva kumabhatiri omuvengi, iye akarova nharidzano dzomuvengi pamhenderekedzo yegungwa.