Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I riro i a Vice Admiral (VADM) McInerney te mana o te kaipuke whakangaromanga i te marama o Mei 1940, ā, i whakahau ia i taua kaipuke whakangaromanga i te wā i uru atu ai te Hononga o Amerika ki te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. Kātahi ka tohaina ia ki te ANZAC Squadron i te Moananui a Kiwa, ā, hei rangatira matua i roto i ngā kaipuke whakangaromanga, i uru ia ki ngā whakaeke tuatahi i te Solomon Islands
me te Pakanga o te Moana Karere.