Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan da aka dakatar da shi a Majuro, "Santa Fe" ya shiga cikin hare-haren iska a kan Truk da Saipan a matsayin wani ɓangare na Task Force 58 a watan Fabrairun 1944. Wright ya karbi wasikar yabo don ayyukansa a matsayin kwamandan kwamandan "Santa Fe" a lokacin wannan yakin. Daga Maris 15 zuwa Mayu 1, 1944, "Santa Fe" ya kasance wani ɓangare na Task Group 58.2, Rear Admiral Joseph J. Clark ya umurce shi, wanda ya ba da tallafin iska don saukar da amphibious a
Emirau Island da Hollandia yayin da kuma shiga cikin hare-haren iska a kan garuruwan Japan a Palau, Yap, Wakde, Woleai, Satawan, da Ponape, da kuma babban harin iska a kan sansanin sojan ruwan Japan a Truk. "Santa Fe" ya kuma halarci harin da aka kai a filin jirgin sama na Wakde da filin jirgin sama na Sawar.