Kammala wannan jumla: Cire Philadelphia a ranar 19 ga Janairu, 1944, "Darby" ya yi tafiya a kan aikin kulawa zuwa Bora Bora, Society Islands, da Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, kuma ya isa Guadalcanal a ranar 20 ga Maris. Ta yi aiki tare da Task Force 31 a cikin Solomons har zuwa 23 ga Yuli, a tsakanin sauran ayyuka na tantance
Jirgin ruwa ya sauka a tsibirin Emirau a ranar 10 ga Afrilu. Daga ranar 23 ga Yuli, ta bi sahun jiragen ruwa tsakanin tsibirin Guadalcanal, Eniwetok, New Hebrides, Manus, da Majuro. Bayan wani ɗan gajeren gyare-gyare a Pearl Harbor daga 8 zuwa 24 ga Oktoba, ta yi aiki a kan aikin aiki tsakanin Guam da Eniwetok har zuwa tsakiyar watan Nuwamba. A ranar 15 ga watan Nuwamba, ta gudanar da wani mai farauta-mai kisan gilla daga Ponape, sa'an nan kuma ya harbe wani shinge a kan tsibirin Tanga kafin ya koma Eniwetok. Kwana uku bayan haka, ta tashi ta hanyar Kwajalein, Guadalcanal, da Manus don yin atisaye a Milne Bay, New Guinea daga 7 zuwa 26 ga Disamba a shirye-shiryen kai hari na Lingayen.