Bayan watanni biyu na ci gaba da ayyukan daga Kodiak, Alaska, ta ci gaba da Kiska a cikin tsibirin Aleutian a ranar 7 ga Agusta, don fara harbe-harben tsibirin. A ranar 21 ga Agusta, ta nuna farkon saukowar Amurka a cikin Aleutians a tsibirin Adak. Bayan aikin jirgi a Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Honolulu ya tashi daga San Francisco a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 1942, yana rakiyar jirgi zuwa Nouméa a Kudancin Pacific. Daga baya a wannan watan, ta yi tafiya daga Santo Santo a cikin tsibirin Espiritual da kuma Amurka har zuwa ƙarshen Mayu.
21 ga watan Janairu