Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan gyare-gyare da horo a Pearl Harbor, "Colahan" ya tashi a ranar 31 ga Mayu 1944 don sake shiga cikin 5th Fleet, ya yi aiki a kan radar picket, bombardment shore da kuma aikin tallafin wuta a lokacin bombardment, kamawa, da kuma zama Guam daga 12 Yuli zuwa 15 Agusta kuma ya nuna hare-haren iska don tallafawa mamaye kudancin Palaus daga 29 Agusta zuwa 28 Satumba. "Colahan" ya nuna Fast Carrier Task Force (sa'an nan 3rd Fleet ta TF 38, daga baya 5th Fleet ta TF 58) kamar yadda ya shirya don
Leyte kai hari tare da hare-haren iska a kan Nansei Shoto da Formosa daga 10 zuwa 14 ga Oktoba, sannan ya fara kai hare-hare a Philippines har zuwa 20 ga Oktoba, ranar da aka sauka. Masu jigilar jiragen ruwa da ta tsare sun buge sojojin Japan da suka yi ritaya bayan yakin Surigao Strait na babban yakin Leyte Gulf na 24 zuwa 26 ga Oktoba. Ci gaba da ayyukan jiragen sama a Philippines ya bukaci ayyukanta har sai da ta shiga Ulithi don gyare-gyare a karshen watan Disamba bayan da ya hau "Halsey's Typhoon".