Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Boyle" sonyeere Atlantic Fleet ma si Norfolk, Virginia na 25 Ọktọba 1942 dị ka akụkụ nke Task Force 34 (TF 34), na-aga
mwakpo a wakporo ebe ugwu Afrịka. Ọ sonyere na mbata na Fedhala, French Morocco (November 8-11), na ọgụ na ndị French corvettes nke Casablanca (November 10). Mgbe ọ laghachiri United States na November 30, ọ na-agagharị n'ụsọ oké osimiri ọwụwa anyanwụ na Caribbean ruo February 1943.