Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - 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, da kuma yakin Leyte, lokacin da "Columbia" ya yi yaƙi a yakin Surigao Strait, wani ɓangare na yakin Leyte Gulf. "Columbia" ta kuma goyi bayan mamayewar Mindoro
kuma ya shiga cikin mamayewa na Lingayen Gulf a Luzon, lokacin da "kamikaze" uku suka buga "Columbia" kuma wanda aka ba wa jirgin kyautar 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.