Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tīmata ngā mahi taunga i te ata tonu o taua ata. He uaua ki te "Alshain" te tuku i tana utanga na te kore o nga poti me te papatipu i te takutai ano. I te mutunga ka oti i a ia te mahinga i te Akuhata 3 ka wehe atu ki Eniwetok. Na ka rere motuhake te kaipuke ki Pearl Harbor i reira ka eke atu ia ki nga hoia o te ope taua ka utaina o raatau taputapu i mua i te tiimata i te 27 o Akuhata mo nga whakaakoranga taunga amphibious i Lahaina Roads, Maui. I te 15 o Hepetema, ka rere a "Alshain" me te Rōpū Mahi (TG) 33.1 mo Eniwetok me te whakaekenga a Yap. Heoi, i whakakorehia te whakaeke ki Yap, a, i whakakapihia a Leyte, Philippines, hei whaainga. I wehe atu te kaipuke utanga i Eniwetok i te 26 o Mahuru, e haere ana ki Manus, Admiralty Islands, te rohe whakamua mo te
whakaeke i Leyte.