 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - LST-12 yakagadzwa kunhandare yeEurope uye yakabatanidzwa mukubatwa kweSicily muna Chikunguru naAugust 1943, uye Kupinda kweReggiouye kuburuka kweSalerno muna September 1943. Musi wa13 November 1943, yakarova chimbambaira asi yakakwanisa kuita kuti Ferryville ishandiswe nesimba rayo. Zvisinei, zvinyorwa zvinoratidza kuti aivawo chikamu Convoy BM 74 kubva 11 November kusvika 16 November 1943, vachifamba kubva Bombay, India kuti Colombo, British Ceylon. 