Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Mgbe ọ kwụsịrị na Norfolk, Va., "Mellena" buuru ibu site na Guantanamo Bay na Panama ruo Pearl Harbor ebe ọ bịarutere n'etiti March. Ọ zụrụ na mmiri Hawaiian ruo mgbe 8 Eprel; ma na-esote ibu na-aga San Francisco na azụ gara n'ihu amphibious nkwado ọzụzụ omume ruo mgbe ụgbọ mmiri maka Philippines 13 June. Ọ ruru Guiuan, Samar, na 28 June. N'ime izu ikpeazụ nke ọgụ na mpaghara ọdịda anyanwụ Pacific, o mere njem njem gaa Palaus, Admiralties, na Marianas, na mgbe ịkwụsị agha
ụgbọ mmiri ahụ kwụsịrị n'Iwo Jima. Mgbe ọ kpọgara ndị agha Seabees na Saipan, ọ laghachiri na Leyte Gulf na 28 August iji buru ndị agha na-arụ ọrụ na Japan.