Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - "Caperton" yakabviswa Espiritu Santo 15 March 1944 nokuda kwemabasa emhepo anofukidza kupinda kweEmirua Island
, ipapo akafamba nokuda kwokurohwa kunoshamisa kwakaputirwa kubva mudenga kumaJapan paPalau, Yap, Woleai, uye Ulithi mukupera kwaMarch. TF 58 isinganeti yakaenderera mberi nekurwisa kwayo, uye muna Kubvumbi "Caperton" yakavhara kurwisa kwemhepo kugadzirira kupinda kweHollandia, vakaona ndege dzesimba dzichirova Truk zvakare, uye dzakaputika paSatawan nePonape mumhenderekedzo yegungwa.