Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubva pana 15 kusvika pana 19 February 1944, "Montpelier" yakafukidza kumhara kwezvikepe paGreen Islands muBismarck Archipelago. Muna March, akavhima ngarava kumaodzanyemba kweTruk uye akapinda mu
kupinda muEmiraus. Pana 20 May 1944, "Montpelier" akakuvadzwa chiedza kubva kudzoka moto apo iye nevamwe vaviri chiedza cruisers, pamwe nevanoparadza masere, bombed kumahombekombe zvivako pamusoro Shortland, Poporang, uye Magusaiai zvitsuwa muna Shortlands. Musi wa1 Gumiguru 1944, US Navy's Special Air Task Force (SATFOR), uye yakatanga kupfura Saipan musi wa14 Chikumi kutsigira kupindirwa kweMariana Islands. Akabatana neTF 58 uye akapinda muhondo inokosha yeGungwa rePhilippine kubva muna 19 kusvika muna 21 June. Mukati mokupindira, mapoka emhepo anotakura ndege echiJapan akapotsa aparadzwa. "Montpelier" akadzokera kuMariana, uye akapfuurira kupfura kwake Saipan, Tinian, uye Guam. Akabva kuMariana musi wa2 Nyamavhuvhu achienda kuUnited States kunovandudzwa.