Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Shiga cikin ruwan Philippine ta kare jigilar kayayyaki a cikin tashin hankali
a Dulag, Leyte, a ranar 20 ga Oktoba, 1944, harbi don fitar da hare-haren jiragen sama na Japan yayin da aka sauke kaya. A ranar da aka yi yakin basasa na Leyte Gulf, "Badger" ya kula da ritaya na jigilar kayayyaki zuwa New Guinea, amma ya koma Leyte yana ba da ƙarfafawa a tsakiyar watan Nuwamba. A watan Disamba, ta ba da rahoto a cikin Huon Gulf, New Guinea, don yin gwaji game da saukowar Lingayen, wanda ya tashi a ranar 27 ga Disamba. A ranar 8 ga Janairu, 1945, yayin da ta shiga Lingayen Gulf, sojojinsa sun kai hari ga "kamikazes" na Japan, wanda daya daga cikinsu ya fadi a cikin. An fara saukar da jigilar kayayyaki a ranar 9 ga Janairu, yayin da "Badger" ya yi daidai da wutar AA ta taimaka wajen kare saukar da kaya yayin hare-haren iska na makiya. Bayan kwana biyu, ta raka "Kitkun Bay" zuwa San Pedro Bay, inda ita kanta ta ɗauki aikin sintiri. A ranar 29 ga watan Janairu, ta tsare saukar sojojin a gabar tekun Zambales da ke arewacin Bataan.