Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Akuhata 1944 i uru atu a "Nicholson" ki te 3rd Fleet i te Marshalls. I tiakina e ia nga kaikawe tere i nga whakaekenga i Bonins, Formosa, me te Philippines, e tautoko ana i te whakaekenga o Palaus me te whakakorenga o Yap. I te hokinga ki Philippines, i awhina tana roopu i te 7th Fleet i te whakaekenga o Leyte
Ko te pakanga nui o te Moana o Leyte, i rere ai a "Nicholson" ki Seattle ki te whakatikatika.