Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen Mayu 1940 "Béarn" ya kawo zinariya don siyan jirgin sama daga Amurka, amma an karkatar da shi zuwa Martinique a cikin Yammacin Indiya ta Faransa lokacin da Faransa ta yi yarjejeniya da Jamus
an sanya hannu a watan Yuni. A karkashin matsin lamba daga Amurka, wanda ya damu da cewa Jamus ta mallaki shi idan ta koma Faransa, mai ɗaukar jirgin ya kasance a can har tsawon shekaru hudu masu zuwa. Don kwantar da hankalin Amurkawa kwamandan na gida ya yarda ya sanya ta a tsakiyar 1942. Gwamnatin Vichy ta Faransa ta umarce shi da ya lalata jirgin a watan Mayu na 1943 kuma a karshe ya yi biyayya ta hanyar sa "Béarn" ya yi tsalle.