sentences:  The destroyer crossed the Pacific via the southern route, stopping at Suva in the Fiji Islands between 25 and 27 March and at Melbourne, Australia, from 2 to 7 April.Proceeding northward, she refueled at Manus and Guam before arriving at Yokosuka, Japan, on 24 April.As one of the major functions of the 7th Fleet was to patrol the Taiwan Strait — part of the American commitment to secure Taiwan against communist attack — "Benner" spent most of this deployment screening carrier operations in this part of the region.