Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan makonni 2 a Pearl Harbor, "Lewis Hancock" ya shiga TF 38. Hare-hare a kan filayen saukar jiragen sama a Philippines, Okinawa, da Formosa sun biyo baya cikin sauri. Ranar 13 ga watan Satumba, a lokacin da ta fara kai hari kan Philippines, "Lewis Hancock" ya zubar da jirgi na farko na abokan gaba. Wadannan hare-haren na sama sun taimaka wajen kawar da karfin iska na Japan da kuma sanyaya tsaronta don Janar Douglas MacArthur da aka dade ana jira ya dawo Philippines. Sojojin Amurka sun sauka a kan
rairayin bakin teku na Leyte, da kuma Japan buga baya tare da ta dukan rundunar a kokarin dakile Amurka gaba. A cikin yakin Leyte Gulf da ya biyo baya, yayin da yake aiki a matsayin jirgin ruwa, "Lewis Hancock" ya taimaka wajen nutsewa mai hallaka abokan gaba.