Fast Carrier Task Force
While at Kerama Retto early in April, "Tomahawk" fought off enemy air raiders and later suffered some minor damage to her plating and degaussing cable while fueling . Returning to Ulithi in April, "Tomahawk" continued underway replenishment operations in support of the Fast Carrier Task Force before steaming from Ulithi in May, bound for overhaul at Portland, Oregon.