Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokupedza kugadziriswa muna December, "Ringgold" yakabatanidzwa mukurwiswa nokutorwa kweKwajalein uye
yeEniwetok Atolls muna Ndira naFebruary 1944, apo akapa pedyo-in moto rutsigiro nokuda landing mauto. Musi wa 20 Kurume akarova zvivakwa zvepamhenderekedzo yegungwa paKavieng, New Ireland, sechiito chekutsausa kumhara muNorthern Bismarck Archipelago. Kubvira musi wa24 April kusvika musi wa1 May 1944, akabatanidzwa pakurwisa uye kutora Hollandia, kuDutch New Guinea.