Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Alcyone" gafere Panama Canal na 2 Machị, bịarutere na Charleston Navy Yard na 9th, ma rụzie ya maka otu ọnwa tupu ịkwaga Norfolk n'etiti ọnwa Eprel. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe ọ bịarutere Norfolk, "Alcyone" malitere oge ọzụzụ na Chesapeake Bay nke were ruo mbido June. O so n'Òtù Ọrụ 65 gaa n'Oké Osimiri Mediterenian n'ụbọchị nke asatọ. Ụgbọ njem ya gbochiri ọtụtụ mwakpo ndị iro n'ụzọ tupu ha erute Oran, Algeria, na June 22. O sonyere n'omume ịbata ụgbọelu amphibious ma bulie ibu ya n'ịkwadebe maka ọbịbịa
mwakpo a wakporo Sicily.