Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 26 Kurume, "Wichita", yakapiwa kuTask Force 39, yakabva kuUnited States kunosimbisa British Home Fleet yakavakirwa muScapa Flow. Task Force 39, yaitungamirirwa naRear Admiral John W. Wilcox, Jr., yaibatanidza "Wasp", ngarava yehondo, ngarava "Tuscaloosa", uye magwa masere. Vari munzira, Wilcox akakukurwa negungwa rine dutu ndokurasika. Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen, uyo akabhururutsa mureza wake mu"Wichita", akatora mutungamiriri weboka rinoshanda. Pashure pokunge vasvika muScapa Flow, "Wichita" nedzimwe ngarava dzokuAmerica vakapedza mavhiki anoverengeka vachidzidzira pamwe chete nevakwanyina vavo vokuBritain. Musi waApril 28, "Wichita" yakabva pakuita basa rayo guru rokutanga neBritain. Yakagoverwa kuAllied escort yeArctic convoys QP 11
uye PQ 15. Chikamu cheAmerica, chakarongwa seTask Force 99, chaisanganisira "Washington", "Wichita", "Tuscaloosa", uye magwa mana anoparadza. VaBritain vakagovera mutakuri wengarava, ngarava yehondo, ngarava yechiedza, uye magwa mashanu anoparadza. Pashure pokubudirira kuperekedza mapoka acho, "Wichita" akadzokera kuHvalfjörður, achisvika musi wa6 May.