 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuvhima kwakarongedzwa neboka rinotakura basa 16 January 1944 kutsigira kupinda kweMarshall Islands, basa iro, mumashoko aRear Adm. Richard L. Conolly, ... rakapwanya chaizvoizvo goko rechiJapan. Rakaparadza zvombo zvavo zvokuti zvaigona kushandiswa pakarepo. Pakutanga kwaJanuary 29, ndege dzaMitscher dzakatanga kushanda nekurwisa nhandare dzendege dzevavengi paRoi Island, Kwajalein Atoll, apo Kuvhima kwakadzivirira vatakuri kubva kwavakatangwa. Zuva rakatevera racho akabatana nengarava dzehondo North Carolina BB-55, South Dakota BB-57 uye Alabama BB-60 mukupfura mabhokisi emapombi nezvimwe zvinangwa pamhenderekedzo dzekuchamhembe kweRoi neNamur Islands. Pashure pemazuva maviri ari pachiteshi chokurwisa mabhomba akabatanazve nechidzitiro chevatakuri vakanga vachigovera ndege kutsigira kushanda kwepasi pazvitsuwa zviduku zviri pedyo neRoi neNamur. Iye akapinda achangobva kuhwina Majuro Lagoon mukambani ne Essex 5 February 1944 nokuda kwekuzadzikiswa. 