 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VF-31 yakagadzwa zviri pamutemo May 1943 uye yakadzidziswa kusvika muna August 1943, apo yakasungirirwa kuUSS Cabot. Ngarava yacho yakaita basa rayo rokuchenesa September October 1943 isati yapfuura nePanama Canal musi wa13 November 1943, yakananga kuPearl Harbor. Cabot akasvika paPearl musi wa27 November. Pakazosvika January Cabot yakanga yava kufambazve, zvino yakabatanidzwa neRear Admiral Alfred E. Montgomerys Task Group 58.2 sechikamu cheMarc Mitschers Fast Carrier Task Force. Kurwisa kwavo kwokutanga, kwakatangwa muna January, kwaizova kuvhura kweOperation Flintlock muMarshall Islands campaign. 