 After passing the Bonin Islands the South Seas squadron stopped at the Marianas but finding no sign of enemy ships pushed on rapidly as possible towards the Marshalls arriving at Eniwetok Atoll on September 29.The squadron's ultimate objective, however, was Jaluit Atoll which was the German commercial headquarters in the central Pacific.Anchoring off Jaluit on September 30, the Japanese found the vast lagoon empty and put a landing party ashore.