Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Cogswell" akasvika paPearl Harbor 9 December 1943 nokuda kwokurovedza, uye ikoko akabatana nechidzitiro chevatakuri vane simba Task Force 58 nokuda kwebasa reMarshall Islands. Mugungwa pabasa iri kubva pana 16 January kusvika 12 February 1944, apo akaisa Majuro, "Cogswell" akarovawo Gugewe Island. Akaenderera mberi nekuongorora kwake sezvo vatakuri vakatanga kurwisa Truk musi wa16-17 Kukadzi uye pazvivako muMariana Islands musi wa21-22 Kukadzi, ndokuzoenda kubva kuMajuro kuenda kuEspiritu Santo kunotsvaga vatakuri vanopa nhare yekubata Emirau Island.
kubva 20 kusvika 25 Kurume, uye kurwisa Palaus, Yap, uye Woleai kubva 30 Kurume kusvika 1 Kubvumbi.