Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A farkon rabin watan Maris, ta yi wasu tafiye-tafiye guda biyu zuwa Green Islands <unk>via Bougainville<unk>kafin ta koma Purvis Bay a ranar 16 ga Maris don shirya don
mamayar tsibirin Emirau. A 0630 a ranar 17 ga Maris, ta sauya daga Florida Island zuwa Guadalcanal, inda ta shiga raka'a na 4th Marines da aka sake kafa. A 1800, ta wuce ta Strait Strait tare da sojojin mamaye na Emirau kuma ya kafa hanya zuwa arewa maso yammacin Solomons da New Ireland. A 0615, ta isa tsibirin St. Matthias kuma ta fara saukar da dakarun don mamaye Emirau, tsibirin kudancin rukunin. Har ila yau, sojojin Waters sun sauko ba tare da wata matsala ba. Saurin sufuri ya kammala saukewa ta hanyar 1030 kuma ya dauki tashar don ya kula da yankin sufuri a kan jiragen ruwa na abokan gaba. A ƙarshe, a 1930 a wannan maraice, ta kafa tare da sauran jiragen ruwa na rundunar kuma suka koma kudancin Solomons. A yammacin ranar 22 ga Maris, sojojin sun sake wucewa ta hanyar Indispensable Strait kuma, da safe, suka tashi daga tsibirin Savo don komawa zuwa wuraren da suke da yawa. "Ruwa" ya sake shiga Purvis Bay a 1130 kuma ya bar ta anchor.