Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna August 1944 "Nicholson" akabatana ne3rd Fleet muMarshalls. Yakadzivirira vatakuri vakakurumidza pakurwisa Bonins, Formosa, nePhilippines, ichitsigira kupindirwa kwePalau nekudzivisa kweYap. Achidzokera kuPhilippines, boka rake rakabatsira 7th Fleet munguva ye
kupinda kweLeyte uye Hondo inokosha yeLeyte Gulf, uko "Nicholson" akafamba achienda kuSeattle kunovandudzwa.