Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan shiga cikin Jirgin Ruwa na 3, "Taussig" ya tafi aiki tare da Task Force 38 (TF 38). Ga sauran watan Oktoba, mai rushewa ya bincika yankin da ke kusa da Philippines don matukan jirgi da aka kashe a cikin kullun tsibirin a lokacin mamayewar Leyte
Ka yi haƙuri. A farkon watan Nuwamba, ta shiga allon TF 38 kanta yayin da jiragensa suka ci gaba da tallafawa aikin Leyte tare da rufe hare-hare a sama da ƙasa da sarkar Philippines. Tare da ƙarin irin wannan aikin, Disamba ya kawo ƙarin haɗari <unk> mummunan yanayi. Wata mahaukaciyar guguwa a ƙarshen shekara ta 1944 ta haɗiye jiragen ruwa uku na Amirka. An ci gaba da shafewar Disamba, wanda aka yi a shirye-shiryen mamaye Luzon a Lingayen Gulf, ya ci gaba a cikin makon farko na Janairu 1945. Ranar 8 ga watan Janairu, masu saurin jigilar jiragen sama sun fara kai hare-haren iska a kan rairayin bakin teku da ke kewaye da Kudancin China. "Taussig" ya tsare jirgin sama yayin da jiragensu suka kai hari kan sansanonin Japan a gabar tekun Sin da Indochinese da tsibirin Formosa da Okinawa tare da bayar da tallafi ga cin nasarar da Allied ta yi a Luzon. A cikin daren Janairu 20, mai rushewa ya taimaka makiyayi TF 38 ta hanyar Balintang Channel, a arewacin Philippines tsakanin Batan da Babuyan Islands, kuma a cikin Tekun Philippine.