Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan shakedown da kuma bayanan tashar jiragen ruwa, "Burlington" ya tashi daga San Pedro, California, a ranar 1 ga Agusta, 1944. Aikinta na farko ya kai ta Espiritu Santo, inda ta yi aikin sintiri da kuma rakiyar ayyuka don tallafawa ayyukan a yammacin New Guinea. Sa'an nan kuma, daga ranar 16 ga Oktoba, 1944 zuwa 18 ga Nuwamba, 1944, ta biye da jiragen ruwa tsakanin New Guinea da tsibirin Philippine don tallafawa sojojin Amurka.
mamayewar Leyte. Ta bar yankin yaƙi a ranar 3 ga Disamba 1944 don komawa California kuma ta isa San Francisco, California, a ranar 25 ga Disamba 1944 don gyarawa.