<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemuva kokulungiswa nokuqeqeshwa ePearl Harbor, uColahan wahamba ngomkhumbi ngomhlaka 31 Meyi 1944 ukujoyina i-5th Fleet, wasebenza nge-radar picket, ukudubula ogwini kanye nomsebenzi wokuxhasa umlilo ngesikhathi sokuqhunyiswa, ukuthunjwa, kanye nokuhlala kweGuam kusukela ngoJulayi 12 kuya ku-Agasti 15 futhi wahlolwa ukuhlaselwa emoyeni ukusekela ukuhlaselwa kwePalau eseningizimu kusukela ngo-Agasti 29 kuya kuSeptemba 28. I-Colahan yabonisa i-Fast Carrier Task Force ke i-3rd Fleets TF 38, kamuva i-5th Fleets TF 58 njengoba yayilungiselela i  <response>: Ukuhlaselwa kweLeyte ngokuhlaselwa kwezindiza eNansei Shoto naseFormosa kusuka ngo-10 kuya ku-14 Okthoba, kwabe sekuqala ukuhlaselwa ePhilippines kuze kube 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. 