 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekugadzirisa rwendo kuPearl Harbor, akaenda musi waAugust 30 sechikamu chechidzitiro cheAdmiral William F. Halseys flagship, New Jersey BB-62. Kuvhima akabatana Bunker Hill Carrier Group kure Admiralty Islands 6 September nokuda kwemabasa kumaodzanyemba Palau Islands. Musi wa 11 September akatakura Admiral Halsey kubva ku New Jersey kuenda kunotakura Lexington CV-16 kumusangano ndokudzokera kwaari. Mumazuva akatevera iye akarinda vatakuri avo vakanga vachidzokorora kurwisa Palaus kuti avanyorovese nokuda kwekupinda. Apo varwi vomugungwa vakaburukira paPeleliuMusi waSeptember 15, ndege dzaibva kunhandare dzendege idzi dzakatsigira zvaiitwa pamhenderekedzo yegungwa kusvikira varwi vakanga vakatsunga pakupedzisira vaparadza kurwisa kwokupedzisira kwakanga kwakarongwa kwevaidzivirira veJapan vakanga vakaoma musoro. Hunt akapinda Kossol Passage 30 September kukwira Admiral Halsey nevashandi vake kuti vapfuure kuenda kuPeleliu. Kuvhima kwakamuisa pamhenderekedzo yemhenderekedzo yemhenderekedzo yemhenderekedzo yegungwa. 