Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - USS "Prairie" (AD<unk>15) an gina shi ne kafin fara yakin duniya na biyu don Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka. Ayyukanta shi ne ya yi aiki a cikin, ko kusa da, yankunan yaki kuma ya kiyaye su don aiki. Kafin Amurka ta shiga yakin duniya na biyu, "Prairie" ya yi tafiya tsakanin tashar jiragen ruwa na Atlantic daga Colon, C.Z.
zuwa Argentia, Newfoundland. Ta kasance a Argentia, tana kula da jiragen ruwa na Allied, a ranar 7 ga Disamba, 1941 yayin da hare-haren farko na yakin duniya na biyu ya buga Amurka.