 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekudzokorora Prichett akafamba, 1 April 1944, kuenda kuMajuro, kubva ipapo kuenda kuManus kwaakabatana nengarava dzehondo dzeTask Force 58 TF 58. Musi wa28, Task Group 58.3 TG 58.3 yakabuda uye, ichisangana nevatakuri vanokurumidza, yakafambisa kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva. Musi wa29 na30, vakaparadza Truk uye, musi wa1 May, vakarova Ponape. Zvadaro, uto racho rakaenda kuMajuro, uko Prichett akadzokera kuPearl Harbor. Ikoko, murwi mukuru midziyo yakaiswa uye musi wa30 Chivabvu akafamba kumadokero zvakare, neTF 52 yekupinda muSaipan. Pashure pokunge aongorora vatakuri kuti vawane chinangwa, akatamisa mabasa ake ekudzivirira kumabhomba ehondo sezvavakaputika pamhenderekedzo, ndokuzopa rubatsiro rwekufambisa pfuti kumauto akaburuka musi wa 15 June. Mukati meHondo yeGungwa rePhilippine iye akaramba aine vatakuri, ipapo akatendeuka pfuti dzake pachitsuwa chiri pedyo cheJapan cheTinian. Achiramba ari muMariana Islands kusvikira pakati paAugust, akachinjana mabasa okutsigira pfuti, mabasa okuongorora uye mabasa okudzivirira radar kubva kuSaipan nekuputika kweTinian kusvikira chitsuwa ichocho chakapindirwa24 July, akabva apa rubatsiro kumasoja airwa ikoko. MunaAugust, akachinjira kuGuam kunotsigira mabasa ekuchenesa uye musi wa17 akaenda kuEniwetok kunobatana nevanotakura zvinokurumidza, zvino vanonzi TF 38. 