Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Tennessee" na atọ "New Mexico" klas battleships hapụrụ na 15 March dị ka akụkụ nke a ọrụ otu nke gụnyere abụọ escort ụgbọelu na iri na ise destroyers. Ebumnuche nke ìgwè ahụ bụ ebe ndị Japan nọ na Kavieng n'ebe ugwu New Ireland, akụkụ nke Bismarck Archipelago. Mwakpo ahụ bụ akụkụ nke usoro ikpeazụ nke Operation Cartwheel, atụmatụ iji kewapụ ma kwụsị isi ụlọ ọrụ ndị Japan na Rabaul; ebe ndị otu "Tennessee" wakporo Kavieng dị ka ihe ndọpụ uche, ndị agha mmiri ga-
n'ala dị n'Emirua. Mgbe ahụ, a ga-ewu ebe a na-adọba ụgbọelu iji mechie nnọchibido Rabaul.