Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "Biloxi" ya sake yin makamai da sake cikawa kuma ya fara aiki a ranar 7 ga Maris tare da "Enterprise", "Belleau Wood", wasu jiragen ruwa biyu masu haske da masu hallaka takwas. Da yake zuwa kudu, rukunin aikin ya haye equator, a lokacin da aka gudanar da bukukuwan Neptune kuma "Biloxi" ya yi aminci daga wasu 1,139 polywogs, kuma ya isa Espiritu Santo a ranar 11. A can, jiragen yaƙi suka ɗora kayan aiki da kayayyaki kafin su ci gaba zuwa Emirau a Bismarck Archipelago. Sa'an nan kuma jirgin ruwa mai haske ya rufe
Jirgin ruwan ya sauka a ranar 20 ga wata kuma a ranar 25 ga wata.