Kammala wannan jumla: Kashewa daga "Sigsbee", Semmes ya ci gaba da zama kwamandan kwamandan a ranar 1 ga Fabrairun 1944. Ya dauki umurnin mai hallaka a ranar 12 ga Agusta 1944 kuma ya kasance kwamandansa har zuwa Agusta 1945. A lokacin da yake umurni, "Picking" ya kori dakarun dakarun dakarun dakarun dakarun dakarun dakarun dakarun dakarun dakarun dakarun dakarun dakarun.
Yaƙin Leyte a watan Oktoba 1944 <unk> ya rasa aikin a cikin Yaƙin Leyte Gulf <unk> kuma ya raka sojojin amphibious kuma ya ba da tallafin bindiga ga sojojin da ke bakin teku a lokacin yakin Luzon a watan Janairun 1945.