Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - "Weeroona" yakava chikamu cheUnited States Army inogara iripo yemunharaunda pasi peSouthwest Pacific Area command's supply organization, United States Army Services of Supply, Southwest Pacific Area (USASOS SWPA), uye yakashandiswa zvakanyanya kushanda sechikepe chechina chevashandi vekuAmerica. Sezvo chikamu Small Ships Section chikepe akapiwa yomunharaunda rengarava nhamba S-195 uye zvichida uyewo sezvo CSQ-1. "Weeroona" yakashandiswa sechikepe chokugara nevashandi vokuAustralia vaiva nechibvumirano neU.S. Army's Small Ships Section muSydney neNew Guinea. Ngarava iyi yakashandiswawo nevashandi veU.S. Army Signal Corps, vamwe vavo vakanga vachigadzira zvikepe zviduku sezvikepe zvekutaurirana, semakamuri uye vakatumidza CSQ kuti nzvimbo dzekutengesa zvikepe. "Weeroona" yakadhonzwa ichibva kuNew Guinea ichiendeswa kuPhilippines kunotsigira mauto eMubatanidzwa ikoko kuLeyte Gulf
uye pakupedzisira achishumira sebharack uye ngarava yekugadzirisa muManila kusvikira adzorerwa kuSydney, kwaakagara muchiteshi kusvikira aputsika muna 1951.