 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Sechikamu cheVice Admiral R. K. Turners Northern Attack Force, akabva kuPearl Harbor 29 May; akabata paEniwetok; uye akatakura mauto e4th Marine Division, akasvika Saipanmumaawa okutanga a15 June. Akaburitsa mauto ake mumafungu okutanga okurwisa, akabva aburitsa zvinhu sezvo kurwisana kunotyisa kwakanga kuchipararira pamhenderekedzo. Mushure mokunge vatora vasungwa uye vasungwa vavengi, vakabva musi wa 17 Chikumi uye vakaenda kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweSaipan apo Vice Admiral Marc Mitschers Fast Carrier Task Force vakakunda Admiral Ozawas Mobile Fleet muHondo yePhilippine Sea, hondo huru yekutakura hondo. Zvichitevera kukunda kweAmerica, James OHara akadzokera kuSaipan musi wa 23 June; akapedza kutakura zvinhu; uye akaenda musi wa 24 June kuEniwetok nePearl Harbor. 