Following a port call at Brindisi , Italy , America began operations in the Ionian Sea on 7 November .
Following a port call at Brindisi , Italy , America anchored at Souda Bay , Crete , two days later .
Following a port call at Brindisi , Italy , America began operations in the Ionian Sea on 7 November , and anchored at Souda Bay , Crete , two days later .