Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan shiga cikin horon horo a Port Purvis a tsibirin Florida, a cikin Solomons, "Fletcher" ya isa Cape Sudest, New Guinea, 18 ga Afrilu, 1944. Wannan shi ne tushe na gaba a watan da ya biyo baya yayin da ya goyi bayan Humboldt Bay, kuma ta hanyar rufe kayan haɓaka a ranar 30 ga Afrilu. Bayan ya jagoranci wani jirgi zuwa Nouméa, daga abin da ya yi yaƙi da jiragen ruwa a karshen watan Mayu, "Fletcher" ya isa Humboldt Bay a ranar 5 ga Yuni. Ta yi sintiri guda ɗaya a kan duk wani yunƙurin Jafananci don ƙarfafa garkuwarsu ta Biak, sannan ta rufe kuma ta ba da ruwan bama-bamai ga mamayewar Noemfoor, Sansapor, da Morotai
, kazalika da sintiri da kuma rakiyar ƙarfafawa don waɗannan ayyukan daban-daban a lokacin bazara.