Cika wannan jumla: "Wichita" ya bar Guam a ranar 10 ga watan Agusta, zuwa Eniwetok. Ta isa kwana uku bayan haka kuma ta kasance a can har zuwa ranar 29 ga Yuli, lokacin da ta tashi zuwa teku don shiga Task Group 38.1. Ta duba don rukunin aiki mai sauri yayin da suka kaddamar da hare-haren iska a kan manufofin Japan a Palau, Carolines, Philippines, da kuma Dutch East Indies. A ranar 28 ga watan Agusta, TG 38.1 ya kai hari kan manufofi a Palau da Morotai. A tsakiyar watan Satumba, TG 38.1 ya ba da tallafi na iska ga
kai hari kan Morotai; aikin ya ci gaba har zuwa ranar 21 ga Satumba. Kashegari, masu jigilar jiragen sama sun kaddamar da wani hari a kan Manila a Philippines. A farkon ranar 22 ga Satumba, jirgin saman Japan ya kaddamar da wani hari. A 07:34, "Wichita" ya harbe wani dan kunar-bakin-wake kimanin mita 50 daga gare ta. Ta harbe wani dan kunar-bakin-wake a karfe 7:45. Ta ci gaba da ba da kariya ta iska ga masu jigilar jiragen sama yayin da suka kai hari ga wuraren da Japan ta kafa a Cebu, Negros, da Coron.