Intii lagu guda jiray duulaankii Filibiin ee la qorsheeyay badhtamihii Oktoobar 1944, "Callaghan" waxay ka muuqatay shaashadda markabka xamuulka qaada ee fulinaya fududeynta horudhaca ah ee lagama maarmaanka u ah garoomada diyaaradaha Japan ee Formosa iyo Okinawa. Intii lagu guda jiray weerar culus oo cadowga hawada ah 14kii Oktoobar, "Callaghan" waxay ku biirtay inay soo rido dhowr diyaaradood. Ciidanka "Callaghan" ayaa ka qeyb qaatay awoodda hawada ee Dagaalkii Leyte Gulf, iyagoo ka caawiyay hubinta in Ciidamada Xulufada ay ku horumariyaan Filibiin si ay uga hortagaan dadaallada Japan ee ah inay burburiyaan soo degitaanka. Ka dib markii ay raacday ciidamada Japan ee waqooyiga u sii gudbayay, waxay "Callaghan" ku soo laabatay si ay u taageerto howlgalada Filibiin
, oo ay la socoto Ciidanka Cirka ee 3aad, duqeymaha ka dhanka ah Luzon. Intii uu socday 3 Nofeembar, waxaa lagu tuuray, "Callaghan" ayaa u istaagtay inay ilaaliso maraakiibta fudud ee la weeraray ilaa ay ciidamada gurmadka yimaadeen, markii "Callaghan" ay awood u yeelatay inay ku soo biiraan kooxdeeda duqeymaha. Bishii Diseembar, waxay ka qeyb qaadatay duqeymo badan oo cirka ah oo ka dhacay Bartamaha Filibiin, bishii Janaayo 1945, maraakiibtu waxay la safreen Ciidankii 3aad ee duqeymaha cirka ah ee Formosa, Luzon, Indo-China, Hong Kong, iyo Nansei Shoto.