Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tae atu te ope whakaeke ki ngā wai i ngā takutai o Leyte i te 20 me te
ka tīmata ngā mahi taunga i taua rā anō. I tukuna e te "Alcyone" tana utanga i a ia e whakaekehia ana e te hoariri i te rererangi rererangi me te pupuhi o te moutere mai i nga papahiko takutai. I whakaotihia e ia ana mahi utaina i te 22d ka haere ki Hollandia, New Guinea, ki te whakahou. I te 14 o Noema, ka rere te kaipuke ki Leyte ki te whakahou i te papa i whakatuhia ki reira.