<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kokuthunywa, i-Bismarck Sea yahlanganyela ekuqeqesheni ogwini olusentshonalanga kulo lonke uJuni. NgoJulayi 1, wasuka eSan Pedro ethutha izindiza nabashayeli bezindiza baya ePearl Harbor. Ngemva kokukhipha izindiza zakhe, wafaka izindiza eziningi waziyisa eMarshall Islands, wafika eMajuro Atoll ngoJulayi 16. Wabe esebuyela ePearl Harbor, ethwele izindiza ezilimele, efika ngoJulayi 29, kanye nomkhumbi wakhe odadewabo. Ngo-Agasti, wayehlala eSan Diego isikhathi esingamasonto amane, lapho athola khona amabutho akhe asemoyeni, iComposite Squadron VC 86. Phakathi kukaSeptemba 7 no-Okthoba 16, wahlanganyela ekuqeqesheni okungeziwe. Wabe eseya e-Ulithi, eCaroline Islands, ukuze ayojoyina i- 7th Fleet ka- Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid ngoNovemba 1. Phakathi kuka-14 no-23 Novemba, wasebenza eLeyte naseMindanao ukusekela  <response>: imisebenzi ebhodini iLeyte. NgoNovemba 21, indiza yaseJapane yenza umzamo wokushaya indiza eceleni komthwali, kodwa ngaphandle kokulimaza, futhi yabalekela enyakatho-ntshonalanga ngaphambi kokuba ihlangane. 