 Alaska then returned to Ulithi to resupply , arriving on 14 May . She was then assigned to TG 38 @.@ 4 , the reorganized carrier task force . The fleet then returned to Okinawa , where Alaska continued in her anti @-@ aircraft defense role . On 9 June , she and Guam bombarded Oki Daitō . TG 38 @.@ 4 then steamed to San Pedro Bay in the Leyte Gulf for rest and maintenance ; the ship remained there from 13 June until 13 July , when she was assigned to Cruiser Task Force 95 along with her sister Guam , under the command of Rear Admiral Francis S. Low . On 16 July , Alaska and Guam conducted a sweep into the East China and Yellow Seas to sink Japanese shipping vessels . They had only limited success , however , and returned to the fleet on 23 July . They then joined a major raid , which included three battleships and three escort carriers , into the estuary of the Yangtze River off Shanghai . Again , the operation met with limited success . 
