Cika jumla mai zuwa: "Spence" ya yi aiki tare da TF 39 daga 1 zuwa 24 ga Maris don tallafawa
saukowa a tsibirin Emirau. A ranar 27th ta tashi daga Purvis Bay tare da TF 58 don hare-haren Palau, Yap, Ulithi da Woleai, Caroline Islands. Daga ranar 13 zuwa 25 ga watan Afrilu, Spence ya nuna masu daukar nauyin sauri yayin da suka kai hari kan New Guinea don tallafawa Landing a Aitape, Tanahmerah Bay, da kuma Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. A ranar 29th da 30th, masu sufurin jiragen ruwa sun kai hari kan jiragen ruwa na abokan gaba da kuma shigarwa a Truk, babban tashar jiragen ruwa na Japan a Caroline Islands. Mai rushewa ya koma Majuro don lokacin kulawa daga ranar 4 ga Mayu zuwa 5 ga Yuni.