Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Dortch" yakashanda muchiratidziro cheFast Carrier Task Force TF 58 panguva yekubatwa nekugara kweMarshall Islands kubva muna 29 Ndira 1944. Akatora chikamu mune yekutanga kurwisa Truk musi waFebruary 16 na 17 uye kuMarianas musi waFebruary 23, akabva aenda nechikwata chebasa chinopa mhepo yekuvhara zvikepe paEmirou Island.
Muna March. Gare gare mwedzi iwoyo akadzokera TF 58 nokuda raids pamusoro Palau, Yap, Ulithi uye Woleai kubva 30 March kusvika 1 April; rutsigiro Hollandia kushanda muNew Guinea musi 21 April uye 22; uye kudzokorora raids pamusoro Truk kubva 29 April kusvika 1 May.