Qoraal sii socota faqradan - "Charleston" waxay ka soo baxday Norfolk, Virginia 24 Febraayo 1937 si ay ugu biirto Squadron 40T, oo ay ku booqatay Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, Trieste, Naples, Italy, iyo Algiers ka hor inta aysan ku soo laaban Charleston Navy Yard si loo cusbooneysiiyo 24 Abriil. Bishii Luulyo 9, waxay u ambabaxday Balboa, Panama tababar ballaaran iyo layliyo dagaal oo ka dhaca Panama
waxay dib ugu laabteen waqooyiga Charleston 1dii Maarso 1938.