Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Paakasvika, "Stockton" akabatana neSeventh Fleet forces yakaungana nokuda kwokupinda muLos Negros Island muAdmiralties. Akabatanidzwa mukuputika kwekutanga kwakachenesa nzira yekumhara musi wa 29 Kukadzi uye akagara munzvimbo iyi kwemazuva matatu, achitenderera uye achipa rutsigiro rwemoto kumauto ari pamhenderekedzo. Kubva 9 kusvika 13 March, akatsigira zvakafanana asi zviduku landings muna Seeadler Harbor. Sezvo mauto eAmerica akasvetuka-svetuka pamhenderekedzo yekuchamhembe kweNew Guinea, "Stockton" yakashanda sechikepe chinorwisa ndege uye anti-submarine screening panguva yekumhara muHumboldt Bay musi wa22 Kubvumbi uye kuWakde musi wa17 Chivabvu; uye akapa rutsigiro rwekupa pfuti yekumhara kweBiack
musi wa 27 May. Paaiva kure neBiac, akakuvadzwa zvishoma paakarohwa nebhomba rakabva kumhenderekedzo yegungwa musi wa 28 Chivabvu, uye musi wa 12 Chikumi, akadhonza kupinda muHumboldt Bay, mushure mekunge muparadzi iyeye akabatwa nebhomba rakarova pakati pezvikepe.