Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 7 ga Disamba, 1941, "Gamble" ya dawo daga sintiri a bakin teku, lokacin da jirgin samansa na zaman lafiya ya rushe ta farko daga cikin jiragen saman Japan da ke jigilar jiragen sama wanda ya kai hari kan jiragen ruwa na Amurka a tashar jiragen ruwa. "Gamble's gunners sun shiga wuta na sauran jiragen ruwa kuma sun ga jirgin saman abokan gaba ya fada cikin ruwa a kan tashar tashar jiragen ruwa. Bayan harin da ta dauka anti-submarine sintiri tashar a cikin allon na jirgin sama m, kuma daga baya tsare da hanyoyin zuwa Pearl Harbor. A tsakiyar watan Fabrairun 1942, ta tafi kudu a cikin rakiyar wani jirgi zuwa Pago Pago, Samoa, sa'an nan kuma ya shiga cikin shimfiɗa filin karewa a Tutuila. A ƙarshen Maris, masu aikin hakar ma'adinai biyu sun koma tsibirin Fiji, don shimfida filin ma'adinai a cikin ruwan Nadi daga 7 zuwa 14 ga Afrilu. Komawa zuwa Pearl Harbor don yin amfani da makamai masu yawa, "Gamble" ya taimaka wajen kare jiragen ruwa zuwa Midway a lokacin wannan rikici
da kuma tarihi yaƙi, sa'an nan kuma ya jagoranci kudu da kuma kafa wani m minefield kashe ƙofar na biyu Channel, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands.