 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumwedzi wose waNovember naDecember 1944 naJanuary 1945 iye akawedzerazve Task Force 38. Iri Boka Rinoshanda rakarova muvengi zvinoparadza paLuzon, Formosa, Mhenderekedzo yeChina, uye French Indochina. Achibva kuUlithi musi waFebruary 8, akafamba achienda kuchamhembe uye akaramba ari mugungwa kusvikira musi waMarch 3 kuti azadzise motokari dzinotakura mafuta, ngarava dzehondo, cruisers, uye vanoparadza ve5th Fleet vakapinda muhondo yeIwo Jima.uye zvinotsigira zvinotakura zvinorwisa ndege paTokyo. Pashure pokuvandudza mutoro wake paUlithi, akafamba musi wa 13 March kuti ape vatakuri, kusanganisira uye sezvavaiita kurwisa kwemhepo paKyūshū, Gungwa reMukati, uye Ryukyus. Musi wa 1 April, sezvo kuiswa kweOkinawa kwakafambira mberi, Kankakee yakabva kuSouthern Anchorage, Ulithi, nokuda kwebasa rekutsigira basa kubva kuOkinawa. Pasi pehutungamiri hwebasa reAdmiral Donald B. Beary, Mutungamiri ServRon 6, akapa mafuta uye zvinopiwa pagungwa kune zvikepe zve 5th Fleet. Mukati memwedzi mitatu yakatevera yakabatsira kuchengeta simba ravo rokurova uye kufamba mumushandirapamwe mukuru wokupedzisira wehondo. Achipedzisa basa rake reRyukyus musi wa14 Chikumi, akatangazve rutsigiro musi wa3 Chikunguru ye3rd Fleet sezvo Task Force 38 yakaitisa kuparadza mhepo uye zvikepe zvehondo pa zvitsuwa zvemumba kubva kuHokkaidō kuenda kuInland Sea. Kankakee yakasvika kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweJapan sezvo mabasa ekurwisa akarega musi wa15 Nyamavhuvhu; asi akachengetedza rutsigiro rwemagetsi kusvikira adzokera kuUlithi musi wa5 Gunyana. Pashure pokuisa muTokyo Bay musi wa20 September, akaenderera mberi kuenda kuUnited States, achisvika kuSan Pedro musi wa18 November nokuda kwokuvandudzwa. 