Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I uru ia ki te Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher's Fast Carrier Task Force i Pearl Harbor i te Hanuere 1944 a he waahanga nui o taua kaha kaha mo te toenga o te pakanga. Ko ana pupuhi pupuhi tere i tiaki i nga kaikawe mai i te whakaekenga o te rangi. I uru a "San Diego" ki te "Operation Flintlock", te hopu o Majuro me Kwajalein, me te "Catchpole", te whakaekenga o Eniwetok
, i nga Moutere o Marshall mai i te 31 o Hanuere ki te 4 o Poutu-te-rangi. I tenei wa, i whakaekea e te Task Force 58 (TF 58) tetahi whakaeke kino ki a Truk, te turanga moana a Hapani e mohiotia ana ko te "Gibraltar o te Moananui a Kiwa".