 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokugadziridza paMare Island, Indianapolis yakaendeswa kuHawaii sechikepe chikuru chaVice Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, achiraira 5th Fleet. Yakasimuka kubva kuPearl Harbor musi wa 10 Mbudzi, nemuviri mukuru weSouthern Attack Force yeOperation Galvanic, kupinda kweGilbert Islands. Musi waNovember 19, Indianapolis yakarwisa Tarawa Atoll, uye zuva rakatevera rakarova Makin ona Hondo yeMakinChiGerman. Ngarava yacho yakabva yadzokera kuTarawa senhare yokutsigira pakumhara. Zvombo zvayo zvakapfura ndege yomuvengi uye zvakapfura nzvimbo dzakasimba dzevavengi sezvo mapoka okuburukira pasi akarwa nevadziviriri veJapan muHondo yeTarawa. Akaramba achiita basa iri kusvikira chitsuwa chacho chachengetedzwa mazuva matatu gare gare. Kukundwa kweMarshall Islands kwakatevera rukundo muGilberts. Indianapolis yakanga irizve ngarava huru ye5th Fleet. 