Kammala wannan jumla: LeBourgeois aikin farko shi ne a matsayin jami'in bindiga a cikin jirgin ruwa mai haske, sa'an nan kuma a cikin yaki da Jafananci a cikin Pacific. A cikin "Columbia" ya ga aikin a cikin yakin Palau, ciki har da yakin Peleliu, kuma a cikin
Yaƙin Leyte, lokacin da "Columbia" ya yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Surigao Strait, wani ɓangare na Yaƙin Leyte Gulf. "Columbia" ya kuma goyi bayan mamayewar Mindoro kuma ya shiga cikin mamayewa na Lingayen Gulf a Luzon, lokacin da "kamikaze" uku suka buge "Columbia" kuma wanda aka ba wa jirgin ruwa lambar yabo ta Shugaban kasa. Bayan haka, "Columbia" ya yi aiki don tallafawa mamayewar Balikpapan kuma ya shiga cikin 1945 anti-shipping sweep a cikin Tekun Kudancin China.