In October the Mobile was detached with two destroyers to sink an enemy cargo ship which they accomplished. Then the Mobile formed a division around two crippled American cruisers, the Houston and Canberra in a ruse to trick the Japanese fleet into attacking, but it was discovered by enemy scout planes and they didn't take the bait.
For the rest of 1944, the Mobile operated in the Philippines area.
On December 26, she left for the West Coast for overhaul and alterations.
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1945
Returning to operations, the Mobile joined Task Force 54 (TF54) in the invasion of Okinawa. Arriving on April 4, the ship then spent the next two months providing fire support, anti-aircraft and anti-submarine patrols.
She operated in the Philippines for the rest of the war.
After that it was duties involving the occupation of Japan and later "Magic Carpet" runs returning service men to the United States.
Decommissioned in 1947, she entered the Reserve Fleet at Bremerton, Washington, and remained there until 1959 when she was struck from the Naval Registrar and sold for scrapping.
--GreGen
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