 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Boston ni a royin fun Pacific Fleet, ti o de Pearl Harbor ni ọjọ kẹfa oṣu kejila ọdun 1943. O darapọ mọ Task Force 58 TF 58 ni Oṣu Kini ati pe o kopa ninu awọn ikọlu lori Awọn erekusu Marshall ni atilẹyin awọn ikọlu ti Kwajalein. : , Majuro, ati Eniwetok 31 January  28 February 1944. 