Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Ngarava yacho yakatanga ichironda muCaribbean, ndokuzoenda kuMediterranean, ichibatanidzwa mukumhara kumaodzanyemba kweFrance
. Muna January 1945, "Incredible" yakaendeswa kuGungwa Dema, uye yakaita mabasa okuchenesa kunze kweSoviet Navy base paSevastopol, Crimea. Gare gare ngarava yakaita mhepo-gungwa yekununura mapurisa muGungwa Dema isati yadzokera kuPalermo, Sicily. Pakasunungurwa muna March 1946, akanga awana chinzvimbo cheSonarman First Class (SO1) uye akanga awana chigamba chake chechitsvairo chemigodhi. Akanga apiwawo mubayiro weBronze Star neGood Conduct Medal. Nokuda kwemabasa ake, Van Cleef akakodzerawo kuwana European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asia-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, uye World War II Victory Medal. Akabviswa muNavy muna 1946.