Ka cika wannan jumla: Jirgin ya yi aiki sosai a Yaƙin Duniya na II, wanda Italiya ta shiga a watan Yuni na shekara ta 1940. Ya yi aiki akai-akai a kan jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya zuwa Malta a cikin Bahar Rum, kuma bayan yakin Arewacin Afrika ya fara, ya biye da jiragen ruwa na Italiya don tallafawa sojojin Italiya da Jamus da ke yaki a can. A yayin waɗannan ayyukan, ta shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe a Calabria, Cape Spartivento, da
Na farko da na biyu Sirte. "Gorizia" kuma an kai hari sau da yawa ta hanyar bom na Allied yayin da yake a tashar jiragen ruwa, wanda ya kai ga babban hari a watan Afrilu na 1943 wanda ya haifar da mummunar lalacewar jirgin. A karkashin gyara lokacin da Italiya ta mika wuya ga Allies a watan Satumba, sojojin Jamus sun kama jirgin, wanda ya gano jirgin ba zai iya amfani da shi ba don haka ya watsar da shi. Italiyanci da 'yan jarida na Birtaniya sun yi ƙoƙari su nutse jirgin a 1944. Bayan da Jamus ta ci nasara a 1945, Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Italiya ta yanke shawarar cewa jirgin ya wuce gyara tattalin arziki, don haka aka rushe shi a shekarar 1947.