Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Oakland" ya tashi tare da TG 58.1 a ranar 7 ga Maris, zuwa Espiritu Santo a cikin New Hebrides. Kungiyar ta kewaye Solomons kuma ta rufe mamayar tsibirin Emirau
, a arewacin New Britain, a ranar 20 ga watan. A ranar 27 ga watan, rukunin aikin ya tafi yammacin Carolines. Harkokin jiragen sama masu yawa sun gaishe masu sufuri, amma "Oakland" da abokansa a cikin allon sun yi yaƙi da su kafin a yi wani lalacewa. Sun buge Palau a ranar 30 ga Maris, Yap a ranar 31 ga Afrilu da Woleai a ranar 1 ga Afrilu, kafin su koma Majuro a ranar 6 ga Afrilu.