Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan gyare-gyare a Eniwetok, "Conner" ya tashi zuwa teku tare da rukunin aiki na masu jigilar kaya daga 29 ga Agusta zuwa 28 ga Satumba, 1944, yayin da masu jigilar kayayyaki suka kaddamar da hare-hare a kan Palaus, Yap, Ulithi, Mindanao, da Visayans, suna rufe saukar jiragen ruwa a kan Morotai, da kuma komawa allon don hare-haren iska a Luzon da Visayans sau ɗaya. A ranar 2 ga Oktoba, ta tashi daga Manus don duba masu ɗaukar hoto yayin da suka kawar da sansanonin Japan a Okinawa, arewacin Luzon, da Formosa a shirye-shiryen karshe na yakin basasa na Japan.
kai hari kan Leyte. A ranar 13 ga watan Oktoba, a cikin wani mummunan harin da jirgin saman Japan ya yi, an yi masa rauni, kuma "Conner" ya kare mai karewa mai lalacewa yayin da ya bar yankin aikin, ya yayyafa da dama daga cikin jiragen sama na abokan gaba wanda ya yi kokarin kawo karshen "Canberra". Ta sake komawa masu jigilar jiragen sama don kai hari kan Luzon da Yap, kuma ta tsare su a yakin Surigao Strait a ranar 25 da 26 ga Oktoba yayin da suka kaddamar da hare-hare bayan jiragen ruwa na Japan da ke tserewa daga yakin Leyte Gulf.