Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Markii ay dhammaystirtay dayactirkeeda, "Fanshaw Bay" waxay sii waday inay u shaqeyso sidii markabkii ugu horreeyay ee Gaadiid-qaade 25, oo hadda ku hoos jira amarka Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague. Ka dib markii ay ka baxday Pearl Harbor, waxay timid Manus Island, oo ka mid ah Jasiiradaha Admiralty. "Fanshaw Bay", oo ay weheliyaan shan kale oo rakaab ah iyo sideed rakaab oo rakaab ah, ayaa loo qoondeeyay Task Group 77.1, oo taageeri doonta
soo degista Morotai. Gaar ahaan, diyaaradaheeda diyaaradaha ayaa la beddelay, waxayna hadda martigelisay Isku-xidhka 66 (VC-66). Waxay ka baxday Manus 10kii Sebtember, waxayna bilowday hawlgallada taageerada hawada 15kii Sebtember. Bishii Sebtember 17keedii, laba Avengers, mid ka mid ah "Fanshaw Bay", ayaa isku dhacay iyagoo isku diyaarinaya duullimaad ka dhan ah maraakiibta quusta. Lixda nin ee ku lugta laheyd, kaliya hal qof oo ka badbaaday ayaa waxaa soo saaray raadiyaha quusta. Bishii Sebtember 19, "Fanshaw Bay" waxay lumisay diyaarad kale, iyada oo mid ka mid ah Wildcats-keeda, ay ku quusatay Zero, oo la waayay oo qarxay markii ay taabatay biyaha. Markabka xamuulka ah ayaa sii waday in uu kaco diyaaradaha, iyadoo laba diyaaradood oo kale oo dagaalyahan ah iyo diyaarad torpedo ah ay burburtay 27kii Sebtember.