Kammala wannan jumla: Samun tafiya a ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1944, "Abner Read" ya yi tafiya zuwa Sydney, Ostiraliya, kafin ya koma Pacific. Jirgin ruwan ya goyi bayan
Sojojin Amurka sun sauka a ranar 15 ga Satumba, 1944 a tsibirin Morotai a cikin kungiyar Halmahera. Ayyukansa na gaba shi ne bombardment na tsibirin Ponam a tsibirin Admiralty a ranar 7 ga Oktoba, 1944. A ranar 17 ga Oktoba, 1944, ta fara tururi zuwa Leyte Gulf shiga San Pedro Bay a ranar 20 ga Oktoba, 1944, don mamaye Leyte kuma ya yi sintiri a bakin rairayin bakin teku a cikin kwanaki masu zuwa.