Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Wedderburn" ya sake shiga cikin lagoon a Eniwetok a ranar 14 ga Agusta. A can, an sake sanya ta zuwa allon anti-submarine na rukunin aiki mai sauri, TG 38.2, wanda aka gina a kusa da "Intrepid" (CV-11), "Hancock" (CV-19), "Bunker Hill" (CV-17), "Cabot" (CVL-28), da "Independence" (CVL-22). Ta tashi daga Eniwetok a ranar 29 ga watan Agusta tare da dukkanin rundunar sojan ruwa mai sauri (TF 38) don gudanar da babban binciken tsibirin tsibirin Japan da suka hada da Philippines, Palaus, da Yap Island. "Wedderburn" ya kare mai ɗaukar hoto daga hare-haren jirgin ruwa na abokan gaba yayin da suka aika da jiragensu a kan Mindanao da Leyte kuma, daga baya, ƙungiyar Visayas. Sun kuma samar da harin bam na farko don mamaye Palau da kuma aikin Morotai. Wadannan manufofi sun dauki kusan dukkanin watan Satumba, kuma mai hallaka ba ya shiga "tashar jiragen ruwa" har zuwa ranar 28th lokacin da TG 38.2 ya isa Saipan. A ranar 1 ga Oktoba, ita da TG 38.2 sun koma Ulithi da aka kama kwanan nan inda jiragen ruwa suka isa rana mai zuwa. "Wedderburn", duk da haka, ba da daɗewa ba ya koma teku. Task Force 38 ya haɗu da kimanin mil 375 a yammacin Marianas a ranar 7 ga Oktoba don buɗe shirye-shiryen farko don mamaye Leyte
Ka yi haƙuri. "Wedderburn" ya ci gaba da yin amfani da jiragen ruwa na jiragen ruwa yayin da masu sufurin jiragen ruwa da ta kare sun kaddamar da jirginsu na farko a kan Okinawa, sa'an nan kuma Formosa, kuma a karshe Philippine targets, da ke kai hare-haren jiragen sama na abokan gaba a Luzon da Visayas don ba da ikon Amurka a cikin iska a kan Leyte lokacin da mamaye ya fara a ranar 20 ga Oktoba.