Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - N'ịgafe Philadelphia n'abalị iri na itoolu n'ọnwa Jenụwarị n'afọ 1944, "Darby" ji ụgbọ mmiri gaa Bora Bora, Society Islands, na Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, wee rute Guadalcanal n'abalị iri abụọ n'ọnwa Mach. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Task Force 31 na Solomons ruo July 23, n'etiti ọrụ ndị ọzọ na-enyocha ndị na-arịgo n'àgwàetiti Emirau.
n'abalị iri nke ọnwa Eprel. Site na 23 Julaị, o sooro ndị njem n'etiti agwaetiti Guadalcanal, Eniwetok, New Hebrides, Manus, na Majuro. Mgbe a obere overhaul na Pearl Harbor si 8 ka 24 October, ọ na-eje ozi na convoy ọrụ n'etiti Guam na Eniwetok ruo n'etiti November. N'abalị iri na ise n'ọnwa Nọvemba, o duziri ndị na-achụ nta na-egbu egbu na Ponape, wee gbaa bọmbụ n'ikpere mmiri na Tanga Islands tupu ịlaghachi Eniwetok. Ụbọchị atọ ka e mesịrị, o jiri ụgbọ mmiri gaa Kwajalein, Guadalcanal, na Manus maka mmega ahụ na Milne Bay, New Guinea site na 7 ruo 26 Disemba iji kwadebe maka mwakpo Lingayen.