Ka cika wannan magana: "Dyson" ya kasance a cikin Solomons har zuwa Maris 1944. Ta ci gaba da damun bakin tekun Bougainville da kuma kula da hanyoyin sufuri zuwa Rabaul don hana Jafananci ƙarfafawa daga isa arewacin Solomons. A watan Fabrairun ya shiga cikin goyon bayan goyon baya ga mamayewar Green Island, sa'an nan kuma ya yi sau biyu a New Ireland yana farautar jiragen ruwa na Japan da kuma bombarding Kavieng. A karo na biyu na waɗannan, a ranar 22 ga Fabrairu, masu hallaka sun nutsar da jiragen ruwa guda biyu, mai hallaka-miner, jirgin ruwa mai sintiri da jiragen ruwa guda biyu, kuma "Dyson" ya kama 31 daga cikin fursunoni 73 da aka kama daga "Claudia Maru". Ranar 23 ga watan Fabrairun, ta kai hari a kan tsibirin Duke na York, kuma a watan Maris ya shiga TF 31 don rufe
mamayewar Emirau.