<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - iCapps yakhishwa eScapa Flow ngomhlaka 22 Novemba 1943 futhi yahamba ngomkhumbi iya eBoston, yafika ngo 4 Disemba. Ezinsukwini ezingamashumi amabili kamuva wathuthela eNew Orleans, lapho ejoyina khona umkhumbi wamasosha ayeya ePearl Harbor, efika ngoJanuwari 20, 1944. Eqapha elinye ikholomu, i-Capps yahamba ngomkhumbi eya eFunafuti, lapho yaqala khona ukuqapha iTarawa, Makin, neKwajalein njengoba lezi ziqhingi zazihlaselwa ukuvula umsebenzi waseMarshall Islands. Ephoqeleka ukuba abuyele eSan Francisco ngenxa yokulimala kwe-boiler, uCapps wabuyela esenzweni eMajuro ngo-Ephreli 23, futhi wabelwe ukuhambisa indawo, ama-anti-submarine, nama-anti-aircraft patrol. Umsebenzi wokuhambisa umkhumbi wamthatha waya ePearl Harbor ngoMeyi, wabuyela e-Eniwetok ngoJuni 14. Isekelwe lapho, umkhumbi-mkhumbi uvikele amabutho enkonzo asekela ukuhlaselwa kweMarianas, wabe eseqhubekela phambili kuManus ngo-Agasti ukuqhubeka nokusebenza ngesikrini seqembu le-3rd Fleet logistics emisebenzini yaseWestern Carolines. Imikhumbi eyayivikelwe amabutho enkonzo amaCapps yenza ukuhlaselwa okubalulekile ezisekelweni zaseJapane ezazilungiselela umsebenzi waseLeyte  <response>: , futhi uCapps uqobo wajoyina isikrini seqembu labathwali bezindiza ukuhlasela emoyeni eManila ngoNovemba 25. Waqhubeka nemisebenzi yakhe ne-3rd Fleet kuze kube sekupheleni konyaka, lapho ebika khona inyanga yokusebenza esiteshini se-radar, ekusindiseni umoya nolwandle, nokuhambisa amakholomu ukusuka eSaipan kuya eGuam, e-Eniwetok, nase-Ulithi. NgoFebhuwari 1, 1945, yafika e-Ulithi ukuyoqeqeshwa namaqembu okudiliza ngaphansi kwamanzi ngokuhlasela i-Iwo Jima, lapho yahamba khona ngoFebhuwari 14. 