The full complement of officers and professors who were employed by the Naval Academy at the time attended the funeral and marched with the casket to the Navy cemetery where Colahan's remains were interred.

Continued air operations in the Philippines claimed her services until she put into Ulithi for repairs late in December after riding out "Halsey's Typhoon".

From 30 December 1944 to 22 January 1945, Colahan resumed duty as advanced radar picket for the 3rd Fleet raids on Formosa, Luzon, Camranh Bay in Indo-China, Hong Kong, and Hainan Island which were coordinated with the Lingayen assault.

On 10 February, she put to sea to serve on the scouting line as TF 58 swept close to Japan for air strikes in the Tokyo area.

Colahan served on radar picket duty off Iwo Jima as it was invaded on 19 February, and for 5 days afterward, returning to Ulithi for repairs and replenishment.

Continuing carrier task force operations after the initial assault, she went to the aid of Hazelwood on 29 April, rescuing some 140 survivors of the kamikaze victim.

After replenishing at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, Colahan rejoined TF 38 on 13 June for the last great series of air raids against the Japanese home islands.

Conducting shore bombardment and fire support to aid forces ashore, she also had antisubmarine training off Okinawa before returning to the west coast on 10 March 1952.

As a sidenote, Colahan appears in the opening credits of the 1954 MGM film 'Men of the Fighting Lady' while underway alongside an aircraft carrier during high lining personnel between the 2 ships.