Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Akuhata 1944 i uru atu a "Nicholson" ki te 3rd Fleet i nga Marshalls. I tiakina e ia nga kaikawe tere i nga whakaekenga i Bonins, Formosa, me te Philippines, e tautoko ana i te whakaekenga o Palaus me te whakakorenga o Yap. I te hokinga ki Philippines, i awhina tana roopu i te 7th Fleet i te wa o te Pakanga o te Ao.
te whakaekenga o Leyte me te pakanga nui mo te Moana o Leyte, mai i reira ka rere a "Nicholson" mo te whakatikatika o Seattle.