<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: NgoMashi 26, iWichita, eyabelwe i-Task Force 39, yahamba i-United States ukuze iqinise iBritish Home Fleet ezinze eScapa 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. Wabe esebelwa ukuba ahambisane namabutho ahlangene eqoqweni lase-Arctic  <response>: I-QP 11 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. 