Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Draco" yakadhonzwa ichibva kuSeattle, Washington, nenzira yePearl Harbor kuenda kuEspiritu Santo, ichisvika pana 5 May 1943. Yakatakura zvinhu kubva kuAuckland, New Zealand, ichienda kuNouméa, Espiritu Santo, Guadalcanal, uye kuFiji Islands, uye yakashanda mukutsigira kusimbiswa kweSolomon Islands, kupinda kweCape Torokina, Bougainville, uye Emirau
. Kubva musi wa27 Chikunguru kusvika musi wa10 Nyamavhuvhu 1944 akaburitsa zvinhu kuGuam mukubatwa nekugara kwechitsuwa ichocho, akabva adzokera kunotakura zvinhu pakati peNew Zealand neSolomon Islands kusvika asvika kuUlithi 26 May 1945.