Kammala wannan jumla: LeBourgeois aikin farko shi ne a matsayin jami'in bindiga a cikin jirgin ruwa mai haske, sa'an nan kuma a cikin yaki da Jafananci a cikin Pacific. A cikin "Columbia" ya ga aikin a cikin yakin Palau, ciki har da yakin Peleliu, da kuma yakin Leyte, lokacin da "Columbia" ya yi yaƙi a yakin Surigao Strait, wani ɓangare na yakin Leyte Gulf. "Columbia" kuma ya goyi bayan
mamaye Mindoro kuma ya shiga cikin mamayewa na Lingayen Gulf a Luzon, lokacin da "kamikaze" uku suka buge "Columbia" kuma wanda aka ba wa jirgin kyautar lambar yabo ta Shugaban kasa. Bayan haka, "Columbia" ya yi aiki don tallafawa mamayewar Balikpapan kuma ya shiga cikin 1945 anti-shipping sweep a cikin Tekun Kudancin China.