Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Charleston" ya tashi daga Norfolk, Virginia a ranar 24 ga Fabrairun 1937 don shiga Squadron 40T, wanda ya ziyarci Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, Trieste, Naples, Italiya, da Algiers kafin ya koma Charleston Navy Yard don sabuntawa a ranar 24 ga Afrilu. Ranar 9 ga watan Yuli, ta tashi zuwa Balboa, Panama don horo da horo da yawa a cikin Panama
yankin kafin komawa arewa zuwa Charleston a ranar 1 ga Maris 1938.