 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akapedza chikoro pakupera kwaMay 1938 ndokufamba kuenda kuWest Coast. Van Stockum akazopedza Secondary Battery Gunnery School ari mungarava yeUSS Nevada ndokuzobatana neMarine detachment iri mungarava yehondo USS Tennessee, yakasungwa kuSan Pedro, California. iyo yakazorayirwa kuenda kuNew York kuburikidza nePanama Canal kuti iite chikamu muFleet Problem XX uye kuratidza mureza paWorlds Fair ya1939. 