<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuqeqeshwa kokuthungatha ngaphandle kweSan Pedro, CA, ukuthutha kwafaka amasosha eSan Francisco futhi kwahamba ngomkhumbi kuya entshonalanga yePacific ngoJanuwari 3, 1945. Ngemva kokuma isikhashana ePearl Harbor wafika e-Ulithi, eNtshonalanga Carolina, ngoJanuwari 23 futhi wasebenza lapho njengesiteshi somkhumbi kwaze kwaba ngoMashi 19 lapho eya ekhaya. U-Admiral R. E. Coontz wenza olunye uhambo olwengeziwe olusuka eSan Francisco luya e-Ulithi. Lapho ibuya, yafika eSan Francisco naseSan Diego, yadlula ePanama Canal, yabe isidlulela ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantic eFrance. Wathumela amasosha ePacific Theater; wahlanza iMarseilles ngoJulayi 21; futhi wafika ePearl Harbor ngo-Agasti 12. Ngokushesha waphinde wahamba, wama e-Eniwetok, eSaipan, naseGuam endleleni eya e-Ulithi lapho afika khona ngo-Agasti 28, cishe amasonto amabili ngemuva kokunikezela kweJapane  <response>: . futhi. 