Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Kua oti te Shakedown, "Catoctin" i horoia a Norfolk i te 5 o Poutu-te-rangi 1944 mo Algiers, i reira i ripoata ai ia i te 19 o Poutu-te-rangi hei rangatira mo te Kaihauturu, 8th Fleet. I noho ia ki Algiers, i muri mai ki Oran tae noa ki te 8 o Hurae, i te wa i rere ai ia ki Naples, Itari. I te 24 o Hōngongoi, i Naples, i tae atu a King George VI o te United Kingdom ki runga i te kaipuke. Mo te maha o nga marama, "Catoctin" i te tari matua mo te whakamahere o te
I whakaekehia e ia te whakaekenga o te tonga o Parani, a i te 13 o Akuhata, ka rere mai ia i Naples mo te whakaeke, e kawe ana i te Hekeretari o te Navy a James Forrestal, me nga rangatira o te 7th Army, VI Corps, 12th Air Force, me nga French Naval Forces.