 Despite air raids, a submarine attack, and casualties among sister ships, she commenced off-loading supplies on D-Day, 8 November, at Fedhala, French Morocco.Mission accomplished, the cargo ship returned to Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 24 November and began preparations for a Pacific voyage.Early in the new year, "Oberon" transited the Panama Canal; and, while sailing for the South Pacific, was reclassified AKA–14.