Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure porwendo runokurumidza kubva kuNorfolk, Va., kuenda kuWellington, New Zealand, pakati pa 10 May na 18 July 1942, kuendesa varume ve1st Marines, "Electra", pakudzoka kwake akadzidziswa muChesapeake Bay nemauto akagoverwa kunzvimbo dzokutanga dzokuchamhembe kweAfrica. Musi wa 23 October akaenda kuFrench Morocco uye akaona chiito panguva yekupinda munyika.
Kunze kweSafi musi wa8 November. Kunyange zvazvo ngarava dzayo dzinoverengeka dzokuzvitakura dzakarasika pasi pemoto mukuru waibva kumhenderekedzo yegungwa, yakaburitsa zvinhu zvayo musi wa14 uye yakatanga kufamba nengarava yaiva nevarwi vakanga vakuvara. Yakasungirirwa kuFedhala, yakaparadzwa neGermany U-boat U-173. yakasimudza vashandi vose ve "Electra" nevatasvi kunze kwechikwata chekununura chikepe, uye nekubatsirwa kwezvikepe zvakawanda, "Electra" yakasungirirwa paCasablanca mazuva maviri gare gare. Mutoro wake wakasara wakaburitswa, uye kambani yechikepe chake nerubatsiro rwekununura zvivakwa pamhenderekedzo yakaita basa rekugadzirisa iro rakaita kuti adzokere kuCharleston musi wa30 Kubvumbi 1943.