Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe a na-enyocha nke abụọ na Caribbean na ọzụzụ n'akụkụ East Coast, "Hambleton" sooro ndị njem gaa Oran na Eprel 1944, wee malite ịkwadebe maka ọrụ ya na mbuso agha Normandy. Na-arụ ọrụ na Western Mediterranean na asaa ọzọ destroyers na British scout ụgbọ elu, ọ mikpuru na 17 May mgbe a kpụ ọkụ n'ọnụ 4-ụbọchị ịchụso nke German marauder. Site n'Oké Osimiri Mediterenian, "Hambleton" banyere ụgbọ mmiri gaa Plymouth, England, bụ́ ebe ha ga-anọ mee mwakpo ahụ dị ịrịba ama. Ọ na-eso nnukwu convoy nke LSTs na ebe ndị a na-ebubata na June 7, D-Day plus 1, ma nọrọ na Omaha Beach maka bọmbụ dị oke mkpa na ọrụ nyocha. N'isi ụtụtụ nke 9 June, radar nke "Hambleton" jidere ọtụtụ kọntaktị, n'oge na-adịghị anya kpebisiri ike ịbụ ụgbọ mmiri E-Nazi. Ka egbe ya na-agba ọkụ, "Hambleton" malitere ịchụ onye iro ahụ. N'ime awa anọ ha ji lụọ ọgụ, o mere ka otu n'ime ụgbọ mmiri ise ndị Germany kpuo ma mebie nke ọzọ nke ukwuu. Mgbe ọ lọghachisịrị maka ihe oriri na Portland, England, "Hambleton" laghachiri n'ahịrị maka
Bọmbụ a tụrụ na Cherbourg n'abalị iri abụọ na ise nke ọnwa Juun.