 "Ticonderoga" arrived at the launch point early in the afternoon of 13 December and sent her aircraft aloft to blanket Japanese airbases on Luzon while Army aircraft attacked those in the central Philippines.For three days, "Ticonderoga" airmen and their comrades launched airstrikes on enemy airfields.She withdrew on 16 December with the rest of TF 38 in search of a fueling rendezvous.