Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Mai ɗaukar jirgin ya bar Eniwetok a ranar 29 ga Agusta kuma ya tashi tare da TF 38, a ƙarƙashin umurnin Admiral William F. Halsey don hare-haren iska a Peleliu da filayen jirgin sama a Philippines a matsayin matakan farko a mamaye Palaus daga 15 zuwa 20 Satumba 1944. A watan Oktoba, ta yi aiki a Formosa da tsibirin Pescadores. Daga baya a cikin watan, TF 38 ya goyi bayan
saukowa a kan Leyte. Ƙoƙarin Japan don dakatar da ci gaban Amurka ya haɗa da hare-haren da yawancin manyan rundunonin jiragen ruwa suka yi ("Operation Sho-Go"). A ranar 24 ga Oktoba, jiragen sama na "Langley" sun shiga cikin yakin Sibuyan Sea. Jirgin sama na TF 38 ya kai farmaki ga Cibiyar Cibiyar Japan, yayin da yake motsawa zuwa San Bernardino Strait da kuma bakin teku na Amurka a Tacloban. Rukunin Jafananci sun yi ritaya na ɗan lokaci. Kashegari, bayan da aka ba da labari game da masu dauke da jiragen sama na Japan a arewacin Leyte, TF 38 ya yi tsere don tsayar da shi. A cikin yaƙin da ya biyo baya a Cape Engaño, Jafananci sun rasa masu jigilar jiragen sama guda huɗu, jiragen ruwa guda biyu, jiragen ruwa masu nauyi guda huɗu, jirgin ruwa mai sauƙi guda ɗaya, da masu hallaka guda biyar. Jirgin sama na "Langley" ya taimaka wajen lalata masu jigilar "Zuihō" da "Zuikaku", na biyun shine kawai mai jigilar jirgi na shida da suka halarci harin Pearl Harbor.