Ka cika wannan jumlar: "Andrea Doria" har yanzu ba ta aiki a shekara ta 1939 lokacin da Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya ɓarke a Turai. An gama aiki a watan Oktoba na 1940, kuma a ranar 26 ga watan, ta sake komawa rundunar Italiya a cikin 5th Division a Taranto. Ta kasance ba a lalace ta hanyar
Biritaniya ta kai hari kan Taranto a daren 11 zuwa 12 ga Nuwamba, kuma an tura shi zuwa Naples a ranar 12. A farkon watan Disamba, Sojojin Ruwa na Italiya sun sake tsara rundunar jiragen ruwa; "Andrea Doria" ya kasance a cikin Rukunin 5th, tare da jirgin ruwa. Ta gudanar da aikinta na farko a farkon watan Janairu tare da sabon jirgin yaƙi don mayar da martani ga Operation Excess, jerin jerin jerin jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya zuwa Malta. Jirgin yakin Italiya ba su iya gano duk wani dakarun Birtaniya ba, don haka suka koma tashar jiragen ruwa a ranar 11 ga Janairu. A ranar 8 ga Fabrairu, "Andrea Doria" ya sake tashi, tare da "Vittorio Veneto" da "Giulio Cesare", don amsa rahotannin wani jirgin ruwa na Birtaniya a yankin. Suna yin tururi daga Sardinia lokacin da suka sami labarin cewa Royal Navy ta kai wa Genoa hari a cikin Operation Grog; nan da nan suka juya arewa don hana Biritaniya, amma sun kasa gano su a cikin hazo mai nauyi.