 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pennsylvania yakabva kuGuam musi wa3 Nyamavhuvhu kunozadzazve paEniwetok, ichisvika ikoko musi wa19 Nyamavhuvhu. Kubva ipapo, akaenda kuEspiritu Santo muNew Hebrides asati apinda muchidzidzo chokumhara paGuadalcanal. Ngarava yakabva musi wa6 September sechikamu cheBombardment uye Fire Support Group nokuda kwekupinda muPeleliu. Yakarwisa chitsuwa chacho kubva musi wa12 kusvika musi wa14 September uye yakatsigira kumhara zuva rakatevera racho. Yakabhomba chitsuwa cheAnguar musi wa17 Gunyana ndokugara ipapo kwemazuva matatu, ichibva musi wa20 Gunyana. Akabva aenda kuSeeadler Harbor paManus, chimwe chezvitsuwa zveAdmiralty kuti agadziridzwe. Musi wa 28 September, akasvika ikoko ndokupinda muchikepe chakaoma chinotenderera musi wa 1 October nokuda kwevhiki yekugadzirisa. Pennsylvania yakabva musi wa12 Gumiguru mukambani ine ngarava dzehondo,,, uye West Virginia, pasi pekutungamira kwaRear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf. Ngarava idzi, dzakatumidzwa kuti Task Group 77.2, dzakaumba Fire Support Group nokuda kwebasa raizouya muPhilippines. Vakasvika kure neLeyte musi wa18 Gumiguru ndokutora nzvimbo dzokubhomba; mumazuva mana akatevera, vakafukidza maUnderwater Demolition Teams, mabasa ekutsvaga pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, uye minesweepers vachibvisa nzira yekumhara. 