Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Rhind" akadzokera kuUnited States muna July. MunaAugust akafambisa makombi emhenderekedzo yegungwa pakati peBoston neNS Argentia, ndokuzoenda kumaodzanyemba kunotungamira ASW mabasa kubva kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwemhenderekedzo uye muCaribbean. Maekisesaizi munharaunda yeCasco Bay akatevera mukuvamba kwaOctober uye musi wa24 akafamba achienda kuNorth Africa. Achitarisa "Massachusetts" (BB-59) munzira akasvika pamhenderekedzo yeMoroccan usiku hwaNovember 7. Mukati meHondo yeNaval yeCasablanca musi wa8 iye akapfura ngarava dzeVichy dzaiedza kudzosera kupindirwa kweAllied kuNorth Africa
uye mabhatiri omumhenderekedzo yegungwa akaputika. Kusvikira musi wa12, akatsigira mauto pamhenderekedzo yegungwa uye akadzivirira ngarava huru munharaunda yeFedhala-Casablanca. Kudzoka paHampton Roads 20 November, muparadzi akadzokera kunoperekedza basa uye mugore idzva, 1943, akachengetedza makondirakiti kuNorth Africa. Musi wa 28 Kubvumbi akadzokera kuNew York neconvoy GUS-6, iyo yakanga yaenda, seUGS-6, musi wa 4 Kurume uye yakanga yarasikirwa nevatengesi vashanu kune wolfpack pakati pegumi nematatu negumi nemanomwe. Pana 10 May, "Rhind" akabva New York zvakare kuenda kuNorth Africa, achiperekedza boka revarwi, ndokusvika kuAlgiers pana 2 June. Kwemwedzi wakatevera wacho akafambisa ASW patrol uye akaperekedza ngarava pedyo nemhenderekedzo yeNorth Africa.