Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 11 ga Janairu, 1944, jirgin ya fara aikin amphibious daga Maui. Ta tashi tare da TF 52 a ranar 23 ga Janairu don kai hari a tsibirin Marshall. Daga 1 zuwa 5 ga Fabrairu, "Ashland" ya shiga cikin hare-hare a tsibirin Kwajalein da kuma wasu ƙananan tsibirai a cikin tsibirin da ke dauke da wannan sunan. Ranar 15 ga watan Fabrairun, jirgin ya shiga jiragen ruwa da kayan aiki a Roi-Namur kuma ya ci gaba da zuwa
kai hari kan Eniwetok. Jirgin ya shiga Eniwetok Atoll a ranar 17 ga Fabrairu kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin jirgin gyara har zuwa ranar 29 ga Fabrairu. A wannan ranar, ta tashi zuwa Pearl Harbor.