Kammala wannan jumla: A farkon watan Oktoba, "Canberra" ya shiga Task Force 38, wanda aka ba shi aikin yin hare-haren iska a kan Okinawa da Taiwan, a shirye-shiryen da aka yi a cikin
sauka a Leyte. A ranar 13 ga watan Oktoba, wani jirgin ruwa mai saukar ungulu daga jirgin saman Japan ya buga jirgin karkashin belinsa. Fashewar ta kashe ma'aikata 23 kuma ta fallasa sararin injiniya zuwa teku, ta dakatar da jirgin. ya ɗauki "Canberra" a ƙarƙashin janyewa don haɗuwa da tug, wanda ya karɓi janyewar bayan sanya ma'aikatan ceto a cikin jirgin. A lokacin da aka jawo, jami'in ceto daga "Munsee" ya mutu yayin da yake nutsewa a cikin dakin injin na jirgin ruwa don yin gyare-gyare na wucin gadi. Bayan mako guda a cikin ja zuwa Ulithi, "Munsee" ya shiga tare da War Shipping Administration haya tug "Watch Hill". Ya ɗauki wata mako guda don jiragen ruwa biyu su kawo "Canberra" zuwa jirgin gyare-gyare. Bayan gyare-gyare na wucin gadi a Manus, "Canberra" ya tashi a ƙarƙashin ikonsa zuwa Boston Navy Yard. An yi jigilar jirgin ruwa don gyare-gyare, wanda ya kasance daga Fabrairu zuwa Oktoba 1945. An tura jirgin zuwa gabar yammacin Amurka a ƙarshen 1945.