Bayan ƙarin gyare-gyare a tsibirin Mare, Honolulu ya tashi daga San Francisco a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba don ci gaba da rawar da take takawa a gwagwarmayar da Japan. Ta isa Espiritu Santo a ranar 11 ga Disamba, sannan ta ci gaba da aiki a cikin Solomons daga baya a wannan watan. A ranar 27 ga Disamba, ta shiga harin wani jirgin ruwa na abokan gaba, da sojoji, da kuma samar da kayan aiki a tsibirin Bougainville. A farkon watanni na 1944, jirgin ya ci gaba da harbe-harbe da kuma sintiri a cikin tsibirin Solomon. Ta rufe saukar da tsibirin Green Island a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu, kafin ta janye daga Solomons don fara shirye-shiryen ayyukan Saipan da Guam a tsibirin Mariana.
a ranar 11 ga watan Disamba