<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - NgoJulayi wonke, i-Iowa yahlala ngaphandle kweMarianas isekela ukuhlaselwa kwezindiza ePalau nokwehla eGuam. Ngemva kokuphumula inyanga eyodwa, i- Iowa yasuka e-Eniwetok njengengxenye ye-Third Fleet, futhi yasiza ekusekeleni ukufika ePeleliu ngo-September 17. Wabe esevikela abathwali bezindiza ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa amaPhilippines Ephakathi ukuze asuse amandla ezindiza zesitha ngenxa yokuhlaselwa kwePhilippines okwakulindelwe isikhathi eside. Ngo-October 10, i- Iowa yafika e-Okinawa ukuze yenze uchungechunge lwezibhamu eziqhingini zaseRyukyu naseFormosa. Wabe esekela ukuhlaselwa emoyeni ngokumelene neLuzon ngo-Okthoba 18 futhi waqhubeka nalo msebenzi ngesikhathi sokufika kukaGeneral Douglas MacArthur eLeyte.  <response>: ngo-October 20. 