Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Basa revashandi vanokurumidza rakanga rava panguva ino rakashandurwa kuva kuvhara mazambuko uye zvitsuwa zvakasarudzwa nemuvengi izvo vaAllies vaida kutora uye kuvhara vamwe kuti vaparadzanise uye vachengetedze kushorwa kweJapan kudiki pane chinangwa. Zvino basa rechitatu raifanira kuwedzerwa, kurova misasa mikuru yomuvengi pasina betsero yendege dzomunyika, kuchisiya kudikanwa kuduku kana kuti kusingadikanwi kwokushanyazve. Nokudaro, kuderedza basa reEniwetok uye kubatsira mukukomberedza Rabaul, TF 58 yakabva Majuro ndokuenda kuCarolines. Musi wa 16-17 Kukadzi, vakaparadza Truk, nzvimbo yakanakisisa yekumhara ngarava muMandated Territories, hwaro hweJapan hwakasanganiswa uye nzvimbo yekutaurirana kwemhepo uye gungwa pakati peJapan neBismarck Archipelago. Mauto acho akabva aenda kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kuenda kuMariana Islands kunorwisa Saipan, Tinian, neGuam, achisangana nekurwisa kwakasimba kwemhepo ikoko musi wa21-22 Kukadzi. Pashure pokuzorora kwenguva pfupi kuti awedzere ku Majuro, "Mobile" akaenda kuEspiritu Santo, uko ngarava dzeTG 58.1 dzakarongwazve seTG 36.1 musi wa 12 March. Musi wa 15 March, vakaenda kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kunofukidza mauto eMarines sezvavakanga
yakasvika paEmirua musi wa20 March.