Ku dhammaystiro weedha soo socota: Kessing wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay Washington ilaa Maajo 1919, markii lagu amray in uu u diro shirkadda Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation ee Quincy, Massachusetts, halkaas oo uu ka qaatay waajibaadka la xiriira qalabeynta maraakiibta USS "Meyer". "Meyer" waxaa la bilaabay bishii Diseembar ee sanadkaas wuxuuna ka qeyb qaatay ilaalinta xeebaha California iyo Alaska isagoo u safray Kariibiyaanka intii lagu jiray
qalalaase ka dhacay Haiti. Kessing waxaa loo wareejiyay maraakiibta USS "Reuben James" bishii Nofeembar 1920 isagoo ahaa sarkaal fulineed wuxuuna ka qeyb qaatay safarkii Badda Dhexe iyadoo la joojinayo Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia iyo Le Havre, France.