 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kushanda panguva yemushandirapamwe kwakaramba kuripo kusvika muna Ndira 1944, nekupinda kweKwajalein; panguva ino, Massachusetts yakanga yaendeswa kuTG 58.1, pasi pokutonga kweFifth Fleet. Nokuda kwechikamu chikuru cheHondo yePacific, Massachusetts yakashanda neboka rinokurumidza rinotakura basa, panguva iyoyo yakasarudzwa TF 58, kuongorora vatakuri kubva pakurwiswa kwepasi uye kupa hurukuro yake inorema inopesana nemhepo inopesana neJapan air attacks. Vanotakura ndege vakarova zvinangwa zvakawanda muMarshall Islands, zvakare kuti vaparadzanise varwi paKwajalein. Massachusetts yakarwisa chitsuwa chacho musi wa30 January pamwe chete neWashington, North Carolina, uye Indiana, zuva risati raenda kumhenderekedzo. 