Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mekugadziriswa kuEniwetok, "Cowell" akaenda kugungwa musi wa29 Nyamavhuvhu 1944 neTask Group 36.5 (TG 38.5) yekurwisa nendege kumadokero kweCarolines, Philippines nePalau, uye nzvimbo yeManila neSubic Bay, pamwe nekutsigira kumhara paMorotai musi wa15 Gunyana. Akasvika paManus musi wa 28 September kuti awedzere, akabva abva musi wa 2 October achitsigira kurwisa kwehondo kuOkinawa, Luzon, uye Formosa achigadzirira kurwisa kweUnited States.
Kurwiswa kweLeyte. Apo "Cowell" yakaparadzwa nokurwiswa nendege dzeJapan musi wa13 na14 October, yakamira kuti ipe chiedza, simba, uye pombi sezvo vakaremara zvishoma nezvishoma vakasiya nzvimbo ine ngozi. Akabatanazve neboka rake rebasa kuti aende kuhondo iri kure yeLeyte Gulf, uye ndege dzaibva kune vanotakura ndege dzake dzakanga dziri munguva yekutanga kurwisa zvinopesana nezvikepe zveJapan zvinodzokera shure. "Cowell" akadzokera kuUlithi musi wa 28 October kunofamba uye kudzidzisa basa kusvikira musi wa 26 December paakaenda kuSeattle uye kugadziriswa.