Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te whakanoho i Majuro, i uru a "Santa Fe" ki nga whakaekenga rererangi ki Truk me Saipan hei waahanga o te Task Force 58 i te Hui-tanguru 1944. I whakawhiwhia a Wright ki tetahi reta whakamoemiti mo ana mahi hei rangatira rangatira mo te "Santa Fe" i tenei pakanga. Mai i te 15 o Poutu-te-rangi tae noa ki te 1 o Mei 1944, ko te "Santa Fe" tetahi waahanga o te Roopu Mahi 58.2, i whakahaua e Rear Admiral Joseph J. Clark, i whakarato tautoko rererangi mo nga taunga amphibious i
Emirau Island me Hollandia i te wa e uru ana ki nga whakaeke rererangi ki nga hoia Hapanihi i Palau, Yap, Wakde, Woleai, Satawan, me Ponape, me te whakaeke rererangi nui ki te turanga moana Hapanihi i Truk. I uru hoki a "Santa Fe" ki te whakaeke i te takutai o Wakde Airfield me Sawar Airfield.