Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mekugadziriswa uye kudzidziswa kuPearl Harbor, "Colahan" akafamba musi wa31 May 1944 kuti adzokere ku5th Fleet, akabatwa pa radar picket, shore bombardment uye moto rutsigiro basa panguva yekuputika, kutora, uye basa reGuam kubva musi wa12 Chikunguru kusvika 15 Nyamavhuvhu uye akaongorora kurwiswa kwemhepo mukutsigira kupindirwa kwekumaodzanyemba kwePalau kubva musi wa29 Nyamavhuvhu kusvika 28 Gunyana. "Colahan" yakaratidza Fast Carrier Task Force (ipapo 3rd Fleet's TF 38, gare gare 5th Fleet's TF 58) sezvo yakagadzirira
Kurwiswa kweLeyte nekurwiswa nendege paNansei Shoto neFormosa kubva musi wa10-14 Gumiguru, ndokuzotanga kurwisa muPhilippines kusvika musi wa20 Gumiguru, zuva rekumhara. Vatakuri vaakarinda vakarova mauto eJapan aienda pamudyandigere mushure meHondo yeSurigao Strait chikamu cheHondo huru yeLeyte Gulf ya24-26 Gumiguru. Kuenderera mberi kwemabasa emhepo muPhilippines kwakatora mabasa ake kusvikira aenda kuUlithi nokuda kwekugadzirisa mukupera kwaDecember mushure mokunge "Halsey's Typhoon" yabuda.