Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Elmore" yakabva kuSan Diego musi wa13 January 1944 uye yakasvitsa mauto nemidziyo pakurwiswa kwekutanga kweMarshalls musi wa31 January 1944. Mukutanga kwaFebruary akaudza 3d Fleet paFunafuti, Ellice Islands. Pashure pokurovedzwa muSolomon Islands, akatora rutivi mu
vakamhara pachitsuwa cheEmirau musi wa 11 Kubvumbi, uye vakatakura mauto pakati peGuadalcanal neNew Guinea kusvika musi wa 3 Chikumi. Musi wa4 akaenda kunopinda muMariana Islands.