Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tīmatanga ko te tapahi # 51. I whakaingoatia ia mo Sebago Lake, i hangaia e General Engineering me Drydock i Oakland, California, a i whakarewahia i te 10 o Hui-tanguru 1930. He maha ake nga kaipuke kua whakangaromia e ia i era atu o te akomanga. I whakawhitihia ia ki te RN ka noho ko HMS "Walney" i te 12 o Mei 1941, i tapaina i muri i te Moutere o Walney. Whai muri i tana mahi hei kaitiaki konupora i whakareri ia mo te Operation Reservist, he whakaeke ki te tauranga o Oran i uru ki te Operation Reservist.
I ngaro ia i te 8 Whiringa-a-rangi 1942 i te whakaekenga, i whakawhiwhia ki tana rangatira te Victoria Cross mo tana waahanga ki te akiaki.