Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ofishin ofungiyar masu saurin jigilar kayayyaki ya kasance a wannan lokacin ya zama ya rufe ƙayyadaddun maƙiya da tsibiran da abokan gaba suka yi niyyar ɗauka da kuma hana wasu don warewa da kiyaye ƙaramar juriya ta Jafananci a maƙasudin. Yanzu za a ƙara wa'azi na uku, wato, za a kai wa manyan sansanonin abokan gaba farmaki ba tare da taimakon jiragen sama da ke ƙasa ba, kuma hakan ba zai sa a sake kai musu ziyara ba. Saboda haka, don sauƙaƙe aikin Eniwetok da kuma taimakawa wajen kewaye Rabaul, TF 58 ya bar Majuro kuma ya tashi zuwa Carolines. A ranar 16 zuwa 17 ga Fabrairu, sun lalata Truk, mafi kyawun jirgin ruwa a cikin Yankunan da aka ba da izini, tushen jirgin ruwan Japan da kuma cibiyar sadarwa ta iska da ruwa tsakanin Japan da Bismarck Archipelago. Daga nan sai sojojin suka tashi zuwa arewa maso yamma zuwa tsibirin Mariana don kai hare-hare a kan Saipan, Tinian, da Guam, suna fuskantar tsayayyar iska a can a ranar 21 zuwa 22 ga Fabrairu. Bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci don sake cikawa a Majuro, "Mobile" ya tashi zuwa Espiritu Santo, inda aka sake tsara jiragen ruwa na TG 58.1 a matsayin TG 36.1 a ranar 12 ga Maris. A ranar 15 ga watan Maris, sun tashi zuwa arewa maso yamma don rufe sojojin Marine yayin da suka sauka a Emirau
a ranar 20 ga watan Maris.