Cikakken jumla mai zuwa: Gyara ya ci gaba har zuwa Oktoba, yana hana "North Carolina" shiga cikin yawancin yakin Philippines, kuma ta koma cikin rundunar a sabon tushe a Ulithi a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba. A can, ta shiga TG 38.3, rukunin aiki mai sauri wanda ya wuce daga Fifth Fleet zuwa umurnin na Uku na uku kuma ya dace da sake sakewa daga jerin 50 zuwa jerin 30. Daga nan sai masu jigilar jiragen ruwa suka fara kai hare-hare kan wuraren da Japan ke kan Leyte, Luzon, da Visayas don tallafawa ayyukan Sojoji a bakin teku. A lokacin wadannan ayyukan, "North Carolina" ya harbe wani jirgin sama na kamikaze. Hare-haren sun ci gaba har zuwa tsakiyar watan Disamba kuma sun tsananta a lokacin watan Disamba.
mamayewar Mindoro a ranar 15 ga watan Disamba. Kwana uku bayan haka, jirgin ruwan yana kan hanyarsa ta zuwa ƙasar Filifin sa'ad da guguwar Cobra ta afka masa. "North Carolina" ba a lalace sosai ba, amma masu hallaka uku sun nutse a cikin hadari.