Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "Caperton" ya tashi daga Eniwetok 30 Agusta 1944 don saduwa da TF 38 don shirye-shiryen da aka tsara da kyau da kuma hare-haren iska wanda ya shirya hanyar komawa Philippines. Palaus, Mindanao, Visayas, da Luzon sun fashe daga sama, yayin da Peleliu, Angaur, da Ngesebus suka ji ƙarfin bindigogin sojojin. Mai rushewa ya sake cikawa a Ulithi, kuma ya ci gaba da aikin bincike don hare-haren da aka yi niyya don hana Jafananci amfani da sansanonin su a Okinawa da Formosa a cikin yakin da ke zuwa
mamayewar Leyte. A cikin kwanaki 3 da aka yi a cikin jirgin sama na Formosa wanda ya haifar, kuma an harbe su daga iska. "Caperton" an sanya shi ne don duba guragu zuwa aminci, da kuma tsare su yayin da aka yi amfani da su a matsayin bait a kokarin kawo Jafananci surface raka'a a cikin yaki. Lokacin da masu tayar da hankali suka kasance cikin aminci daga harin iska na abokan gaba, "Caperton" ya dawo don nuna TF 38 a cikin hare-haren iska na yakin basasa na Leyte Gulf, wanda ya samo asali daga kokarin da Jafananci suka yi don karya Leyte. Jirgin da aka tashi daga masu jigilar jirage na "Caperton" ya haifar da asarar karshe a kan Jafananci Cibiyar Cibiyar, kuma ta tare da wasu sun bi Jafananci da ke janyewa a arewa, ba tare da yin hulɗa da ƙasa ba.