Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukati mehafu yekutanga yaKurume, akaita dzimwe nzendo mbiri kuenda kuGreen Islands <unk>via Bougainville<unk>asati adzokera kuPurvis Bay musi wa16 Kurume kunogadzirira
kubatwa kweEmirua Island. Pana 0630 musi wa17 Kurume, akachinja kubva kuFlorida Island kuenda kuGuadalcanal, kwaakagamuchira zvikamu zve4th Marines ichangobva kugadziriswa. Pana 1800, akapfuura neIndispensable Strait neEmirua invasion force ndokuisa nzira kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweSolomon Islands neNew Ireland. Pana 0615, yakasvika muSt. Matthias Islands ndokutanga kuburitsa mauto kuti apinde muEmirou, chitsuwa chekumaodzanyemba kweboka racho. Zvakare, mauto aWater akasvika pasina anodzivisa. Kutakura nokukurumidza kwakapedza kurongedza na10:30 ndokutanga kutenderera nzvimbo yokutakura kunorwisa ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzomuvengi. Pakupedzisira, na1930 manheru iwayo, yakabatana nedzimwe ngarava dzesimba racho ndokudzokera kumaodzanyemba kweSolomon Islands. Manheru aMarch 22, simba racho rakadzokera kuIndispensable Strait uye, mangwanani akatevera, rakaparadzana neSavo Island kuti vadzokere kunzvimbo dzavo dzakasiyana-siyana. "Mvura" yakapindazve muPurvis Bay pa 1130 ndokurega anchor yake.