Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Shakedown zuru ezu, "Catoctin" kpochapụrụ Norfolk 5 March 1944 maka Algiers, ebe ọ kọrọ na March 19 dị ka ọkọlọtọ maka Ọchịagha, 8th Fleet. Ọ nọgidere na Algiers na mgbe e mesịrị Oran ruo July 8, mgbe ọ gara Naples, Italy. Na July 24, na Naples, Eze George nke Isii nke United Kingdom gara n'ụgbọ mmiri ahụ. N'ihi na ọtụtụ ọnwa, "Catoctin" ama isi ụlọ ọrụ maka atụmatụ nke
Na 13 Ọgọstụ, o siri Naples gawa maka mwakpo ahụ, na-ebu Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, na ndị ọchịagha nke 7th Army, VI Corps, 12th Air Force, na French Naval Forces.