Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - "Heermann" ayaa markaa loo qoondeeyay Markabka Saddexaad iyo Task Force 39 18-kii Maarso 1944 ka dib markii uu joogsaday Majuro Lagoon ka dibna Port Purvis oo ku taal Jasiiradda Florida, ee Solomons. Muddadii bil ee soo socotay markabkan wax burburiyaha ah wuxuu raacay kolonyo qabsaday Jasiiradda Emirau
waxaana raadineynaa maraakiibta maraakiibta cadowga ee ku sugan xeebaha New Hanover. Ka dib markii uu joogsaday Purvis 3-dii Juun, "Heermann" wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay duqeynta beerta taangiyada ee Fangelawa Bay, New Ireland 11-kii Juun, ka dibna wuxuu sameeyay ASW oo ka socda Solomons oo ku wajahan Admiralty, Caroline, iyo Marshall Islands ilaa 26-kii Juun. Bartamihii 1944, "Heermann" waxay raacday maraakiibta ganacsiga ee Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides iyo Nouméa, New Caledonia. Markabka wax burburiyaha ah wuxuu ku soo laabtay Port Purvis wuxuuna ka tagay 6 Sebtember 1944 isagoo wata ciidanka xamuulka qaada ee Rear Admiral William Sample, isagoo siinaya raacitaan intii lagu jiray duulaankii Jasiiradaha Palau. Taas ka dib, maraakiibta wax burburiya waxaa loo kala saaray hawlgallada Jasiiradaha Filibiin.