<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - NgoMashi 26, iWichita, eyabelwe i-Task Force 39, yasuka e-United States ukuze iqinise iBritish Home Fleet eyayiseScapa Flow. I-Task Force 39, eyayiholwa uRear Admiral John W. Wilcox, Jr., yayihlanganisa i-Wasp, umkhumbi wempi, umkhumbi-ngwenya i-Tuscaloosa, nemikhumbi-ngwenya eyisishiyagalombili. Njengoba yayisendleleni, iWilcox yakhukhuleka olwandle futhi yalahleka. Umphathi wamabutho uRobert C. Giffen, owaphakamisa ifulegi lakhe eWichita, wathatha isikhundla sokuba umphathi waleli qembu. Ngemva kokufika eScapa Flow, i-Wichita nezinye izikebhe zaseMelika zachitha amasonto amaningana ziqeqeshwa nozakwabo baseBrithani. Ngo - April 28, i - Wichita yahamba ngomsebenzi wayo wokuqala omkhulu namaBrithani. Wabelwa ukuba ahambisane ne-Allied for the Arctic convoys QP 11  <response>: kanye ne-PQ 15. Ingxenye yaseMelika, eyayihlelwe njengeTask Force 99, yayihlanganisa i-Washington, i-Wichita, i-Tuscaloosa, nemikhumbi emine. AbaseBrithani banikeza umkhumbi othwala imikhumbi, umkhumbi wempi, umkhumbi wokulwa omncane, nemikhumbi emihlanu yokucekela phansi. Ngemva kokuphelekezela ngempumelelo izinqola, uWichita wabuyela eHvalfjörður, wafika ngoMeyi 6. 