Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Ọ hapụrụ Norfolk, Virginia n'abalị itoolu n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1943, "Cotten" bịarutere Pearl Harbor n'abalị iri atọ na otu n'ọnwa Ọktoba. N'ebe a, ọ sonyeere 5th Fleet, na na 10 November sortie maka mbuso agha nke Gilbert Islands, na-enyocha ndị na-ebu escort na-enye nkwado ikuku ma na-eme njem megide ụgbọ mmiri n'okpuru mmiri na Tarawa. Mgbe ọ laghachiri na Pearl Harbor na 7 Jenụwarị 1944, ọ sooro ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu na-ebu ngwa ngwa (mgbe ahụ TF 58, mgbe e mesịrị TF 38 nke 3rd Fleet) na 16 Jenụwarị maka mwakpo ikuku na Marshalls na 29 na 30 Jenụwarị. Dabere na Majuro, "Cotten" sonyere na mwakpo Truk nke 16 na 17 February; kwadoro mbata na Emirau Island
; ma nyochaa ndị na-ebu ụgbọ mmiri ahụ ka ha na-ebute ọgụ na Palau, Yap, Ulithi na Woleai n'etiti March 30 na April 1. N'ịga n'ihu nyocha ya, ọ sonyere na mkpuchi ọrụ Hollandia site na 21 ruo 24 Eprel na mwakpo ikuku na Truk, Satawan, na Ponape n'etiti 29 Eprel na 1 Mee.