 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Kurume 1944, Monongahela akabatana neAt-Sea-Replenishment Group yeFast Carrier Task Force 58, kweyakasara yehondo inoshanda ichienderera mberi nevatakuri vanokurumidza, ichitora chikamu mune yega yega huru yepakati Pacific oparesheni kubva kuHollandia, New Guinea, kupinda muna Kubvumbi 1944 kusvika pakupinda kweOkinawa gore rakatevera. Oiler akatsigira mahwendefa panguva yokurova kwechipiri paTruk, kupinda kweMariana, Hondo yeGungwa rePhilippine, kurwiswa kwePalau, hondo yeLeyte, uye kusunungurwa kwePhilippines. MunaNovember 1944, iye aiva mumwe wevaya oilers muCaptain Jasper T. Acuffs At-Sea-Refueling Group iyo yakaita kuti iite ngozi kuburikidza neSurigao Strait muEast China Sea kuti iite mafuta Admiral William F. Halseys 3rd Fleet TF 38 panguva yekurwisa kwayo kuIndochinese neChina. Ngarava iyi yakatsigirawo kupindirwa kweIwo Jima neOkinawa, ichipukunyuka nekukuvara kubva pakurwiswa kwemhepo yekuzviuraya paKerama Retto, musi wa16 Kubvumbi 1945. Pakupera kwebasa reOkinawa munaJune, Monongahela yakaenda kuSan Francisco nokuda kwekugadziriswa kwakanyanya kwakanga kuchiri kuenderera mberi apo hondo dzakapera musi waAugust 15. 