Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Site n'April 5 ruo September 28, 1942, "Kearny" sooro ndị njem gaa Great Britain, Ọwa Mmiri Panama, na Galveston, Texas. Ná ngwụsị September, e kenyere ya ọrụ na
Mmegide si n'Ebe Ugwu Africa. N'ebe ahụ, ọ na-enyocha ma na-arụ ọrụ nkwado ọkụ, gburu ụgbọ elu ndị iro, ma soro ụgbọ mmiri ndị agha gaa Safi, French Morocco. "Kearny" hapụrụ ebe mwakpo ahụ ma soro ndị njem laghachi New York, bịarutere na 3 Disemba 1942.