 Kubva musi wa30 Zvita 1944 kusvika musi wa22 Ndira 1945, Colahan yakatangazve basa seyakagadziriswa radar picket ye3rd Fleet kurwisa paFormosa, Luzon, Camranh Bay muIndo-China, Hong Kong, uye Hainan Island iyo yakabatanidzwa neLingayen kurwisa. Musi waFebruary 10, akaenda kugungwa kuti ashande pamutsetse wekuongorora sezvo TF 58 yakatsvaira pedyo neJapan nokuda kwekurwiswa kwemhepo munzvimbo yeTokyo. Colahan yakashanda pa radar picket basa kubva kuIwo Jima sezvo yakapinda musi wa 19 Kukadzi, uye kwemazuva mashanu mushure meizvozvo, ichidzokera kuUlithi kunogadziriswa uye kuwedzerwazve. 