 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokubatanidzwa mukurovedza kunze kwePort Purvis paFlorida Island, muSolomon Islands, Fletcher akasvika paCape Sudest, New Guinea, 18 April 1944. Iyi yaiva hwaro hwake mumwedzi unotevera sezvo akatsigira Humboldt Bay landings, uye nokufukidza reinforcement landings musi 30 April. Mushure mokunge aperekedza motokari kuenda kuNouméa, kubva kwaakaenda kunoparidzira ngarava dzepasi pemvura mukupera kwaMay, Fletcher akasvika kuHumboldt Bay musi wa5 June. Akaita patrol imwe chete achipesana nechipi nechipi chekuedza kwechiJapan kusimbisa garrison yavo yeBiack, akabva afukidza uye akapa mabhomba emhenderekedzo yekupinda kweNoemfoor, Sansapor, naMorotai, pamwe chete nekutarisa uye kuperekedza kusimbiswa kweaya akasiyana mashandiro muzhizha rose. 