Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan gyare-gyare a Eniwetok, "Cowell" ya tashi zuwa teku a ranar 29 ga 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 watan Satumba don sake cikawa, sa'an nan kuma ya tashi a ranar 2 ga watan Oktoba don tallafawa hare-haren iska a Okinawa, Luzon, da Formosa suna shirya don yakin basasa.
Harin Leyte. 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.