Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Guadalcanal neAleutians zvasimbiswa, U.S. Navy yakatanga kurwisa kwayo Central Pacific neGilbert neMarshall Islands campaign yakaitwa pakati paNovember 1943 naFebruary 1944. DESRON-1 vanoparadza,, uye vakadzivirira vatakuri vekutakura boka rebasa panguva yekupinda kweTarawa vachiri uye vakadzivirira gungwa rekurwisa bhomba boka rebasa panguva yekurwiswa kwe Makin Island. uye yakashanda semidziyo yekudzora yevashandi vekurwisa. Zvadaro, DESRON-1 vanoparadza "Farragut",, uye "Monaghan" screened ari escort anotakura simba apo "Macdonough" uye "Aylwin" escorted ari amphibious chokufambisa simba panguva landings musi Kwajalein. Uyewo, "Dewey" na"Hull" vakapa rutsigiro kumasimba ekuchengetera amphibious, uye "Phelps" akatsigira mabasa ekuchenesa zvimbambaira nekumhara kweMarine paRoi-Namur. "Macdonough", "Monaghan", uye "Aylwin" vakapa rubatsiro rwekurwisa kumahombekombe ku
kumhara kwezvipembenene paParry Island.