Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan gyare-gyare a Eniwetok, "Cowell" ya tashi zuwa teku 29 Agusta 1944 tare da Task Group 36.5 (TG 38.5) don hare-haren iska a yammacin Carolines, Philippines da Palaus, da yankin Manila da Subic Bay, da kuma tallafawa saukowa a kan Morotai a ranar 15 ga Satumba. Ta isa Manus a ranar 28 ga Satumba don sake cikawa, sannan ta tashi a ranar 2 ga Oktoba don tallafawa hare-haren iska a kan Okinawa, Luzon, da Formosa suna shirye-shiryen kai hare-haren Leyte.
Ka yi haƙuri. Lokacin da aka harbe shi a cikin hare-haren jiragen sama na Japan a ranar 13 da 14 ga Oktoba, "Cowell" ya tsaya don samar da haske, iko, da kuma famfo kamar yadda guragu suka yi ritaya daga yankin haɗari. Ta koma aikinta don yin tafiya don yaƙin Leyte Gulf mai nisa, kuma jiragen sama daga masu jigilar jiragen ruwa sun kasance a lokaci don kaddamar da hare-haren da aka yi a kan jiragen ruwa na Japan. "Cowell" ya koma Ulithi a ranar 28 ga Oktoba don yin sintiri da horarwa har zuwa ranar 26 ga Disamba lokacin da ta tashi zuwa Seattle da kuma sake dubawa.