Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Komawa zuwa aiki, "Massachusetts" ya bar Pearl Harbor a ranar 1 ga Agusta. Kasancewa tare da Task Force 38, ta goyi bayan dakarun da ke sauka a kusa da Leyte Gulf, kuma ta ba da kariya ga ƙungiyoyin aiki da ke kai hari ga jiragen ruwan yaƙin Japan a cikin Yaƙin Leyte Gulf, Okinawa, da Formosa. Motsawa zuwa Philippines, jirgin ya kare jiragen ruwa da sojojin Allied a lokacin yakin Mindoro
kuma yana daga cikin sojojin da suka kai hari a Manila. "Massachusetts", tare da sauran TF 38, sun shiga cikin Typhoon Cobra, wanda ke da iska a kusa da. Ta ci gaba da aiki tare da TF 38 daga ranar 30 ga Disamba da 23 ga Janairu 1945; jiragen ruwa sun buge Formosa da Okinawa, sun ba da kariya ga wani hari na amphibious a kan Lingayen, kuma sun shiga cikin tekun Kudancin China don kai hari kan jiragen ruwa da filayen jirgin saman Japan.