Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Mataimakin Admiral (VADM) McInerney ya karbi umurnin a watan Mayu na 1940, kuma ya umurci wannan mai hallaka lokacin da Amurka ta shiga yakin duniya na biyu. Daga baya an sanya shi zuwa ANZAC Squadron a Kudancin Pacific kuma, a matsayin babban jami'in a masu hallaka, ya shiga cikin hare-haren farko a cikin
Solomons da Yakin Tekun Coral.