Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe e merisịrị Guadalcanal na Aleutians, ndị agha mmiri nke United States malitere mwakpo ha n'Ebe Etiti Pacific site n'agha Gilbert na Marshall Islands nke a lụrụ n'agbata November 1943 na February 1944. DESRON-1 ndị na-ebibi ihe, na-enyocha ndị na-ebu ụgbọ mmiri na-ebugharị ụgbọ mmiri n'oge mwakpo nke Tarawa mgbe ha na-enyocha ndị ọrụ na-agba bọmbụ n'ụsọ oké osimiri n'oge mwakpo na Makin Island. ma rụọ ọrụ dị ka ụgbọ mmiri na-achịkwa ụgbọ mmiri mwakpo. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ndị na-ebibi DESRON-1 "Farragut",, na "Monaghan" na-enyocha ndị na-ebugharị ụgbọ mmiri mgbe "Macdonough" na "Aylwin" na-eso ndị agha ụgbọ mmiri amphibious mgbe ha na-arịgo na Kwajalein. Ọzọkwa, "Dewey" na "Hull" nyere nkwado maka ndị agha amphibious, na "Phelps" kwadoro ọrụ ndị na-ekpochapụ ogbunigwe na ndị agha mmiri na Roi-Namur. "Macdonough", "Monaghan", na "Aylwin" nyere nkwado bọmbụ n'ikpere mmiri na
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