Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ịlaghachi n'ọrụ, "Massachusetts" hapụrụ Pearl Harbor na 1 August. Na-esonye na Task Force 38, ọ kwadoro ndị agha na-agbadata gburugburu Leyte Gulf, ma nyekwa mkpuchi maka ndị ọrụ na-awakpo ụgbọ mmiri ndị Japan na Agha Leyte Gulf, Okinawa, na Formosa. N'ịga Philippines, ụgbọ agha ahụ chebere ụgbọ mmiri na ndị agha Allied n'oge agha ahụ.
Agha Mindoro ma bụrụ akụkụ nke ndị agha wakporo Manila. "Massachusetts", tinyere ndị fọdụrụ na TF 38, zutere Typhoon Cobra, nke nwere ifufe nke gburugburu. Ọ gara n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na TF 38 site na 30 Disemba na 23 Jenụwarị 1945; ụgbọ mmiri ahụ kụrụ Formosa na Okinawa, nyere mkpuchi maka mwakpo amphibious na Lingayen, ma mee ka ndị South China Sea na-awakpo ụgbọ mmiri na ụgbọ elu ndị Japan.