 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna December 1961, muparadzi akanga achipfuura nenhambo yegirazi apo dambudziko reBerlinrakagadzirwa muEurope. Vafambisi vake vakadanwa kuti vaite basa; uye, pavakapedza kugadzirisa musi wa 8 Ndira 1962, vakabva Puget Sound kuti vadzokere kuLong Beach. Akapedza kudzidzira kudzidzisa kubva kuSan Diego musi wa1 Kurume uye akabva kumhenderekedzo yekumadokero kunoshanyira basa ne7th Fleet kuMabvazuva. Paaiva parwendo urwu, akapinda muchirongwa chimwe chete chokudzidzisa, chokurovedza pamwe chete chokurwisa ndege uye zvikepe zvinorwisa zvikepe zvepasi pevhu, uye akashanyira Midway, Guam, Hong Kong, uye Kobe, Sasebo, neYokosuka, kuJapan. Kuderedza kunetsana muEurope mukupera kwechirimo ichocho kwakamubvumira kuenda kumusha pakupera kwaJune. Muparadzi akasvika zvakare muLong Beach musi wa9 Chikunguru uye, musi wa16 Chikunguru, akatangazve basa rekudzidzisa Naval Reserve kuTacoma. 