The amphibious Battle of Biak followed. There, MacArthur planned to establish a forward base for heavy bombers. With "Nashville" and , "Phoenix" sortied from Humboldt Bay on 25 May and two days later supported the landing. While the task force fired on shore installations, two of the escorting destroyers were hit by shells from shore batteries. "Phoenix" wiped out the gun emplacement with two salvos from her &lt;a href="5%26quot%3B/25%20caliber%20gun"&gt;/25 cal&lt;/a&gt; batteries.