Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Na te Guadalcanal me nga Aleutians i tiakina, ka tiimata te US Navy ki te whakaeke i te Central Pacific me te kaupapa Gilbert me Marshall Islands i whakahaerehia i waenga o Noema 1943 me Hui-tanguru 1944. DESRON-1 kaipuke whakangaromanga,, me te tiakina i te roopu mahi kawe waka i te wa o te whakaekenga o Tarawa i te wa e tiakina ana i te roopu mahi whakaeke uta i te wa o te whakaeke i Makin Island. me te mahi hei kaipuke whakahaere mo te mahi whakaeke. I muri mai, ko nga kaipatu whakangaromanga DESRON-1 "Farragut",, me "Monaghan" i tirotiro i te kaha kawe waka i te wa e kawe ana a "Macdonough" me "Aylwin" i te kaha kawe waka amphibious i te wa o te taunga ki Kwajalein. I tua atu, ko te "Dewey" me te "Hull" i tautoko i te kaha toenga amphibious, a ko te "Phelps" i tautoko i nga mahi horoi maina me nga taunga o te Marine i Roi-Namur. Ko te Macdonough, ko te Monaghan, ko te Aylwin i whakarato i te tautoko patu patu ki te
te taunga mai o ngā rerenga ki Parry Island.