Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Maris, ta koma kudu zuwa yankin kusa da Buna don shirya don ayyukan da za su kama sauran arewacin tekun New Guinea. A lokacin harin Hollandia, na farko daga cikin matakai biyar na tsalle-tsalle zuwa Vogelkop, "Welles" an sanya shi zuwa Task Group 77.2 (TG 77.2), Ƙungiyar Harkokin Tsaro ta Tsakiya wanda ya kaddamar da harin a Humboldt Bay a ranar 22 ga Afrilu. Kimanin wata daya daga baya, a ranar 18 ga watan Mayu, ta goyi bayan saukowa a tsibirin Wakde da Sarmi a babban yankin New Guinea. Daga can, jirgin ya ci gaba da tsalle-tsalle na Janar Douglas MacArthur
zuwa tsibirin Biak inda ta ba da tallafin bindiga a lokacin saukar jiragen ruwa da ayyukan ƙarfafawa daga 27 ga Mayu zuwa 2 ga Yuni. A wannan lokacin, ya hallaka wasu jiragen ruwa na Japan, ya yi wa sojojin abokan gaba barazana, ya yi shiru a kan baturi ko biyu kuma ya taimaka wajen kawar da hare-haren iska.