<prompt> Ngemva kokulungiswa nokuqeqeshwa ePearl Harbor, i- Colahan yahamba ngomkhumbi ngomhlaka 31 Meyi 1944 ukujoyina i-5th Fleet, yasebenza kwi-radar picket, i-shore bombardment kanye nomsebenzi wokusekela umlilo ngesikhathi sokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu, ukuthunjwa, kanye nokuhlala kweGuam kusukela ngoJulayi 12 kuya ku-Agasti 15 futhi kwahlolwa ukuhlaselwa emoyeni ukusekela ukuhlaselwa kwePalau eningizimu kusukela ngo-Agasti 29 kuya kuSeptember 28. I-Colahan yabonisa i-Fast Carrier Task Force ngaleso sikhathi i-3rd Fleets TF 38, kamuva i-5th Fleets TF 58 njengoba yayilungiselela ukuhlaselwa kweLeyte  <response>: ngokuhlaselwa kwezindiza eNansei Shoto naseFormosa kusukela ngo-10 kuya ku-14 Okthoba, kwabe sekuqala ukuhlaselwa ePhilippines kwaze kwaba ngu-20 Okthoba, usuku lokwehla. Abathwali bemikhumbi ayebaqaphile bashaya amabutho aseJapane ayesehoxa ngemuva kweMpi yeSurigao Strait isigaba sempi enkulu yeLeyte Gulf ka-24 kuya ku-26 Okthoba. Ukuqhubeka kwemisebenzi yezindiza ePhilippines kwafuna izinsizakalo zayo kwaze kwaba yilapho ifakwa e-Ulithi ukuze ilungiswe ngasekupheleni kukaDisemba ngemuva kokugibela i-Halseys Typhoon. 