 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kupfuurira 3 September, McCoy Reynolds akaperekedza ngarava kuburikidza neAdmiralty Islands kuenda kuPalau Islands. Kubva musi wa20 kusvika musi wa24 September, yakaongorora ngarava dzaibhomba mahombekombe dzichibatsira kukundarePeleliu nemaU.S. Marines. Musi waSeptember 25, munzira yokujoina Task Force 57 kubva kuGuam, McCoy Reynolds akaonana nepasi pemvura nechikepe chepasi pemvura chinofungidzirwa, uye kwemaawa maviri akaburitsa kurwisa kwakadzika kwemana pasina mhedzisiro. Pana 0203 26 September, iye akaunganidza kuonana pamusoro radar panenge 9,000 makubhiti 8,230 metres. Maminiti mashanu gare gare yakanyangarika; zvisinei, pa 0213 sonar yake yakadzorera kuonana pamwero we2500. Pana 0219 iye akavamba wokutanga weanomwe akasimba, kurwisa kwakasimba ne hedgehogs nemapombi akadzika pachinangwa, zvichida ngarava yepasi pegungwa RO-47. Kwapera maawa mana, kuputika kwakasimba pasi pemvura kwakanzwika, uye varindi vayo vakaona mafuta akanga ava kufukidza nharaunda ye. 