Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "De Haven" ya tashi daga Norfolk, Va. kuma ya isa Tongatapu, Tonga Islands, 28 ga Nuwamba 1942 don ya jagoranci wani jirgin ruwa na jiragen ruwa zuwa Guadalcanal don ya sauƙaƙe Marines wanda ya kasance a can tun lokacin da aka kai farmaki a watan Agusta. "De Haven" ya tsare jigilar kayayyaki daga Guadalcanal daga 7 zuwa 14 ga Disamba, sannan ya tashi daga Espiritu Santo da Nouméa a cikin ci gaba
Ayyukan Solomon Islands. Ta yi sintiri a cikin ruwan Kudancin Solomons don dakatar da "Tokyo Express", ƙoƙari na dare don samar da sojojin Japan da ke fama da yaƙi a kan tsibirin da aka mamaye, kuma ya shiga cikin hare-haren biyu na tsibirin Kolombangara a watan Janairun 1943.