Ṣayẹwo ọrọ ti o tẹle: Shakedown pari, "Catoctin" fọ Norfolk 5 March 1944 fun Algiers, nibi ti o ti royin ni 19 March bi ọkọ ofurufu fun Commander, 8th Fleet. Ó dúró ní Algiers àti Oran títí di ọjọ́ 8 oṣù Keje, nígbà tí ó wọ ọkọ̀ ojú omi lọ sí Naples, Italy. Ní July 24, ní Naples, Ọba George VI ti Ilẹ̀ Gẹ̀ẹ́sì ṣe àbẹ̀wò nínú ọkọ̀ ojú omi náà. Fun orisirisi osu, "Catoctin" ti a ti olori fun awọn siseto ti awọn
Invasion of Southern France, ati ni ọjọ 13 Oṣu Kẹjọ, o lọ kuro ni Naples fun ikọlu, ti o gbe Akọwe ti Navy James Forrestal, ati awọn olori ti 7th Army, VI Corps, 12th Air Force, ati Awọn agbara Naval Faranse.