Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Elmore" yakabva kuSan Diego musi wa13 January 1944 ndokukanda mauto nemidziyo mukurwiswa kwokutanga kweMarshalls musi wa31 January 1944. Mukutanga kwaFebruary akaudza 3d Fleet paFunafuti, Ellice Islands. Pashure pokurovedzwa muSolomon Islands, yakabatanidzwa mukumhara paEmirou Island
11 April, uye akaendesa mauto pakati peGuadalcanal neNew Guinea kusvika 3 June. Musi wa4 akaenda kunopinda muMariana Islands.