Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan shakedown daga Bermuda, "Knapp" ya bar Boston a ranar 26 ga Nuwamba don Pacific Ocean, ya isa Pearl Harbor a ranar 21 ga Disamba. Ta tashi daga Pearl Harbor a ranar 16 ga Janairu, tare da masu jigilar jiragen sama na Admiral Marc Mitscher's Task Force 58, wanda ya kai ga mamaye tsibirin Marshall. A cikin teku a wannan aikin daga ranar 16 ga watan Janairu zuwa 12 ga watan Fabrairun lokacin da ta shiga Majuro, "Knapp" ya kuma harbe Kwajalein. Ta ci gaba da bincikenta yayin da masu jigilar jiragen sama suka kaddamar da hare-hare a kan Truk daga 16 zuwa 17 ga Fabrairu da kuma a kan tushe a tsibirin Mariana daga 21 ga Fabrairu zuwa 22 ga Fabrairu, sannan ya tashi daga Majuro zuwa Espiritu Santo don bincika masu ɗaukar jiragen sama da ke ba da iska don kama tsibirin Emirau.
daga 20 ga Maris zuwa 25 ga Maris da kuma kai hare-hare a tsibirin Palau, Yap, da Woleai daga 30 ga Maris zuwa 1 ga Afrilu.