 She departed Boston on 19 September and, after a five-day stop at Tompkinsville, New York, embarked upon a training cruise to the Mediterranean on 27 September.Steaming via the Azores and Lisbon, Portugal, and Gibraltar, she entered the Mediterranean on 7 November.During the cruise, she visited Villefranche, Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Algiers, and Tangier.