Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Dextrous" yakabva kuNorfolk, Virginia, 14 November 1943 sechitsigiro chemotokari, ichisvika paBizerte, Tunisia, 3 January 1944. Mazuva gumi gare gare yakaenda kuNaples, Italy, kunotsvaira muGulf of Salerno. Pana 21 January iye akasiya Naples nokuda Anzio-Nettuno beachhead apo iye swept zvimbambaira pamberi kurwiswa mangwana, uye patrolled uye akapa anti-ndege moto panguva kurwa kwakakasharara pamhenderekedzo. Kunze kwedzimwe nzendo mbiri kuenda kuBizerte kunozadza, "Dextrous" akashanda Anzio kusvikira 12 August 1944 apo iye akasimuka kubva kuNaples nokuda kwepamberi-kupamba minesweeping
kumahombekombe ekumaodzanyemba kweFrance. Yakatsvaira ndokufambira ikoko kutozosvikira 1 October apo yakaisa muBizerte. Achiperekedza boka reLSTs, akadzokera kuNorfolk, Virginia, musi wa11 December kunovandudzwa.