<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Imisebenzi yokwehla yaqala ekuseni ngalolo suku. I-Alshain yaba nobunzima bokukhipha umthwalo wayo ngenxa yokuntuleka kwezikebhe nokuminyana ogwini uqobo. Ekugcineni waqeda inqubo ngo-Agasti 3 futhi wathuthela e-Eniwetok. Umkhumbi wabe usuka ngokuzimela waya ePearl Harbor lapho wathatha khona amasosha amaningi futhi walayisha imishini yabo ngaphambi kokuba uqale ngomhlaka 27 Agasti ukuze kufundwe ukuzamazama komhlaba eLahaina Roads, eMaui. NgoSepthemba 15, i- Alshain yahamba ne-Task Group TG 33.1 eya e-Eniwetok kanye nokuhlasela okuhleliwe kwe-Yap. Nokho, ukuhlaselwa kweYap kamuva kwamiswa, futhi iLeyte, ePhilippines, yathathwa njengenhloso. Umkhumbi wezimpahla wasuka e-Eniwetok ngomhlaka 26 Septhemba, uya eManus, e-Admiralty Islands, indawo yokuhlela phambili yokuhlaselwa kweLeyte  <response>: . futhi. 