Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akabatana neVice Admiral Marc Mitscher's Fast Carrier Task Force paPearl Harbor muna January 1944 uye akashanda sechikamu chinokosha chesimba iroro rine simba kwehondo yose yakasara. Pfuti dzayo dzokukurumidza kupfura dzaidzivirira vatakuri vacho pakurwiswa nemhepo. "San Diego" yakabatanidzwa mu"Operation Flintlock", kubatwa kwaMajuro neKwajalein, uye "Catchpole",
kupinda muEniwetok, muMarshall Islands kubva pana 31 January kusvika pana 4 March. Mukati menguva iyi, Task Force 58 (TF 58) yakaita kurwisa kwakaparadza Truk, hwaro hwechikepe cheJapan hunozivikanwa se "Gibraltar yePacific".