Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 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 panguva yekupinda kweLeyte
uye Hondo inokosha yeLeyte Gulf, iyo "Nicholson" yakabva kwairi kuti igadziridzwe muSeattle.