Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Heermann" akabva apiwa Third Fleet uye Task Force 39 musi wa 18 Kurume 1944 mushure mekumira paMajuro Lagoon uyezve Port Purvis paFlorida Island, muSolomon Islands. Kwemwedzi wakatevera muparadzi wacho akaperekedza mapoka aienda kunotora chitsuwa cheEmirau
uye kutsvaka zvikepe zvomuvengi zvinotakura zvinhu kumhenderekedzo yeNew Hanover. Mushure mokumira paPurvis musi wa 3 June, "Heermann" akabatanidzwa mukuputika kwepurazi retangi paFangelawa Bay, New Ireland musi wa 11 June, uye akabva aita ASW mapurisa kubva kuSolomon Islands kuenda kuAdmiralty, Caroline, uye Marshall Islands kusvikira musi wa 26 June. Pakati pa1944, "Heermann" yaiperekedza ngarava dzokutengesa kubva kuEspiritu Santo, New Hebrides neNouméa, New Caledonia. Mudzvanyiriri akadzokera kuPort Purvis ndokuenda musi wa6 Gunyana 1944 neRear Admiral William Sample's escort carrier force, ichipa escort panguva yekupinda kwePalau Islands. Pashure paikoku, muparadzi wacho akaparadzaniswa nokuda kwemibato muPhilippine Islands.