Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan kammala gyaranta, "Fanshaw Bay" ya ci gaba da aiki a matsayin babban jirgin ruwa na Carrier Division 25, yanzu a karkashin umurnin Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague. Bayan ya tashi daga Pearl Harbor, ya isa tsibirin Manus, na tsibirin Admiralty. "Fanshaw Bay", tare da wasu masu kula da 'yan gudun hijira guda biyar da kuma masu ba da gudummawa guda takwas, an sanya su zuwa Task Group 77.1, wanda zai goyi bayan saukowa
a kan Morotai. Musamman ma, an yi musayar jirgin sama na jirgin sama, kuma yanzu ya karbi bakuncin Squadron 66 (VC-66). Ta bar Manus a ranar 10 ga Satumba, kuma ta fara ayyukan tallafi na iska a ranar 15 ga Satumba. A ranar 17 ga Satumba, Avengers biyu, ɗaya daga "Fanshaw Bay", sun yi karo yayin da suke motsawa cikin tsari a kan sintiri na jirgin ruwa. Daga cikin mutane shida da suka shiga, kawai wanda ya tsira ya sami ceto ta hanyar jirgin ruwa. A ranar 19 ga Satumba, "Fanshaw Bay" ya rasa wani jirgin sama, tare da daya daga cikin Wildcats, ya nutse a kan Zero, ya ɓace kuma ya fashe a kan ruwa. Mai ɗaukar jirgin ya ci gaba da zubar da jini, tare da ƙarin mayakan biyu da kuma fashewar bom na torpedo da aka yi a ranar 27 ga Satumba.