 Two days after her arrival, "Ticonderoga" sortied from Ulithi with TF 58 and headed north to spend the last weeks of the war in Japanese home waters.Three days out, Admiral Halsey relieved Admiral Raymond Spruance, the 5th Fleet reverted to 3rd Fleet, and TF 58 became TF 38 again for the duration.On 2–3 June, "Ticonderoga" fighters struck at airfields on Kyūshū in an effort to neutralize the remnants of Japanese air power – particularly the "kamikaze" – and to relieve the pressure on American forces at Okinawa.