 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 1 July, Alhena akaenda kuTongatapu. Paakasvika ikoko, akanzi ashande kuAmphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet. Mazuva mashomanana gare gare, ngarava yacho yakaenda kuzvitsuwa zveFiji kunotora rutivi mukurovedza kumhara kwezvikepe zvomugungwa mukugadzirira kurwisa kweAmerica kuzvitsuwa zveSolomonumo mauto eUnited States aizoita chiito chokurwisa kwenguva yokutanga muHondo Yenyika II. Pashure pokupedza kurovedza, iye sortied pamwe Task Group TG 62.1 nokuda Guadalcanal, akasvika kuti chitsuwa musi 7 August, uye akatanga vachidzikisa akavhiyiwa. Pasinei nokurwiswa zvakasimba nemhepo yomuvengi, ngarava yacho yakaita basa rayo zvinobudirira uye yakabva manheru omusi wa9 ichienda kuEspiritu Santo, New Hebrides, uko yakasvika mangwanani akatevera. Ngarava yacho yakatakura mutoro mutsva; yakaenda kuSolomon Islands musi wa20; yakasvika muTulagi mazuva maviri gare gare; uye yakatanga kuburitsa zvinhu zvaidiwa zvikuru. Panguva iyi akatora vanhu vakanga vafa uye vasungwa vehondo kuti vaende kuEspiritu Santo ndokusvika pachitsuwa ichocho musi wa24 August. 