<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuqeda ukulungisa kwakhe, i-Fanshaw Bay yaqhubeka isebenza njengesikebhe esiyinhloko seCarrier Division 25, manje ngaphansi komyalo kaRear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague. Ngemva kokuhamba ePearl Harbor, yafika eManus Island, e-Admiralty Islands. I-Fanshaw Bay, kanye nezinye izinkampani ezinhlanu zokuhambisa kanye ne-screen yezikhukhula eziyisishiyagalombili zokuhambisa, yabelwa i-Task Group 77.1, eyayizosekela ukufika  <response>: eMorotai. Ngokuphawulekayo, indiza yakhe yezindiza yayishintshiwe, futhi manje isingatha i-Composite Squadron 66 VC-66. Washiya Manus ngo-10 Septhemba, futhi waqala imisebenzi yokusekela emoyeni ngo-15 Septhemba. Ngo-September 17, ama-Avenger amabili, elinye elalivela eFanshaw Bay, lashayisana ngenkathi lihamba lihleleke eqenjini elibhekene nemikhumbi-ngwenya. Emadodeni ayisithupha ayehilelekile, yedwa kuphela owasinda owatholakala ngumzingeli wemikhumbi-ngwenya. Ngo-19 Septhemba, i- Fanshaw Bay yalahlekelwa enye indiza, enye ye-Wildcats yayo, i-diving ku-Zero, ilahlekile futhi yaqhuma lapho ihlangana namanzi. I-carrier yaqhubeka nokuphuma kwe-aircraft, enezindiza ezimbili ezengeziwe kanye ne-torpedo bomber ehlaselwa ngo-27 September. 