Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: "Tennessee" me nga kaipuke whawhai e toru o te akomanga "New Mexico" i wehe i te 15 o Poutu-te-rangi hei waahanga o te roopu mahi e rua nga kaikawe kaikawe me nga kaipuke whakangaromanga tekau ma rima. Ko te whaainga o te roopu ko te turanga Hapanihi i Kavieng i te raki o New Ireland, tetahi waahanga o te Bismarck Archipelago. Ko te whakaeke he waahanga o te waahanga whakamutunga o te Operation Cartwheel, te mahere ki te wehe me te whakakore i te turanga nui o Hapanihi i Rabaul; i te wa i whakaekehia ai e te roopu "Tennessee" a Kavieng hei whakarereke, ka whakaekehia e te ope moana
te taunga ki Emirau. Ka hangaia he papa rererangi hei whakaoti i te whakapae o Rabaul.