<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemuva 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 ebuya, wafika eSan Francisco naseSan Diego, wadlula ePanama Canal, wawela i-Atlantic waya eFrance. Wathumela amasosha ePacific Theater; wahlanza iMarseilles ngoJulayi 21; futhi wafika ePearl Harbor ngo-Agasti 12. Ngokushesha waphinde wahamba futhi, wama e-Eniwetok, eSaipan, naseGuam ngendlela eya e-Ulithi lapho afika khona ngo-Agasti 28, cishe amasonto amabili ngemuva  <response>: IJapane yanikezela. 