Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Mataimakin Admiral (VADM) McInerney ya dauki 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 cikin masu hallaka, ya shiga cikin hare-haren farko a cikin Solomons
da kuma yakin Tekun Coral.