Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Saratoga" yakagadziriswazve yakapedzwa pana 2 January 1944 uye yakasvika kuPearl Harbor pana 7 January. Ngarava iyi, zvino yava ngarava huru yaRear Admiral Samuel Ginder, mutungamiri weTask Group 58.4, yakabva kuPearl Harbor musi wa19 January ne"Princeton", kutsigira kupindirwa kweMarshall Islands kwakarongwa kutanga musi wa1 February. Boka rake remhepo panguva ino raive ne36 Hellcats yeVF-12, 24 Dauntlesses yeVB-12 uye masere Avengers yeVT-8. Sechikamu chezviitiko zvekutanga, ndege kubva kuTask Group dzakarwisa nhandare dzendege paWotje neTaroa musi wa29 kusvika 31 Ndira, nhepfenyuro paRongelap neUtirik Atoll musi wa1 Kukadzi, ndokurwisa Engebi, chitsuwa chikuru paEniwetok Atoll, kubva musi wa3 kusvika 6 Kukadzi, vakazadza mafuta, uye vakarwisa dziviriro dzeJapan paEniwetok zvakare kubva musi wa10 kusvika 12 Kukadzi. Vakapa rutsigiro rwemhepo mukati meHondo yose yeEniwetok
iyo yakatanga musi wa17 February nokumhara paEngebi ndokupfuurira kusvikira zvitsuwa zvachengetedzwa musi wa24 February. Ivo ipapo vakadzivirira mauto eAllied ikoko kutozosvikira 28 February apo ndege dzomunyika dzakatora basa iroro.