Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Cepheus" akaiswa mugungwa kubva kuStaten Island 27 February 1944, akananga muconvoy kuLiverpool. Kunyange zvazvo zvikepe zvepasi pemvura zvakati wandei zvakashumwa kuti zvaiva mumugwagwa, basa rakanaka rakaitwa nevakanga vari mumugwagwa rakaita kuti pasave nekurwiswa, uye ngarava yacho yakasvika yakachengeteka musi wa9 March, nemutoro wayo waienda kunopinda muNormandy. Achibatanidza divi rake rakagoverwa mumvura dzeScotland, "Cepheus" akaenda kuOran, kwaakasvika musi wa6 Kubvumbi kunomhan'ara kuEighth Amphibious Force. Pashure pokudzidzira miitiro pamwe Algeria pamhenderekedzo, iye akatakura motokari uye mauto nokuda kupfuura kuna Naples, apo iye unloaded 19 June kusvika 23 June. Pashure pokudzidziswa paPalermo uye Salerno, iye akadzokera Naples kuti unload zvombo zvehondo, ipapo akabvisa nokuda Castellammare pedyo Palermo kurwisa mutoro nokuda nechisimba Southern France
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