 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekutora chikamu mukuputika kweNauru Island 8 Zvita 1943 Izard yakadzokera kuHavana Harbour, Efate. Pano iye akadzidziswa uye akadzidzira nokuda kwechinangwa chinotevera chechikepe - Marshall Islands. Izard yakabva kuFunafuti Harbor, Ellice Island, 23 January 1944 neRear Admiral Forrest Shermans Carrier Task Group kuti ipe mhepo yekuvhara kwekurwiswa nekutora Kwajalein. Pana 04:40 29 January vatakuri vakatanga kurwisa kwavo kwokutanga vakananga Kwajalein. Masikati iwayo uto racho rakanga raparadza vavengi kakawanda. Pakazosvika 4 February Izard yakanga yapinda muMajuro Atoll, ichangobva kutorwa kubva kuvaJapan, uye yakadonhedza anchor. Pano akabatana Admiral Raymond Spruance raMwari Truk Striking Force uye Admiral Marc Mitscher raMwari Fast Carrier Task Force TF 5838 nokuti kurova pamusoro Truk 1718 February 1944. Kurwisa kwokutanga kwakatangwa pa 06:42 17 February uye mushure memazuva maviri ndege dzinotakura dzakaparadza cruisers dzinobatsira Aikoku Maru uye Eiyosumi Maru; anoparadza Fumizuki; matenderende emvura Rio de Janeiro Maru uye Heian Maru; ndege yeferi Fujikawa Maru, 6 matangi uye 17 mamwe marus; huwandu hwese hunosvika mazana maviri ezviuru. Ndege dzaibva kuEnterprise CV-6 dzakanyudzawo magwa Oite neAgano. Pazuva rokutanga rokurova apo ndege dzaAdmiral Mitscher dzakanga dziri pabasa, boka raAdmiral Spruance, kubatanidza Izard, rakaita kunzvera kwakatenderedza atoll kuti vawane ngarava dzaipukunyuka. Vakanyudza ngarava duku yokurwisa Katori, ngarava inoparadza Maikaze, uye ngarava yokuronda yepasi pegungwa SC-24. Pashure paFebruary 18 Truk yakarasikirwa nebasa rayo senzvimbo yekumhara ngarava kana kuti nzvimbo yepamberi yezvikepe zveJapan. Mukuwedzera, ndege 250 kusvika ku 275 dzakaparadzwa kana kuti dzakakuvadzwa dzakanga dziri denho yakakomba kumasimba emhepo eJapane. 