On 23 August, they rendezvoused with destroyers USS Balch DD-50 2 , USS Conyngham DD-58 2 , USS Downes DD-45 2 , USS Kimberly DD-80 2 , USS Allen DD-66 2 , and USS Sampson DD-63 2 , 275 miles west of Ireland, before steaming for Berehaven, where they waited for 18 days before battleship USS Utah BB-31 2 arrived.