Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I wehe atu ia ki Seeadler Harbor, kei roto i te Motu o Manus, i reira i whakatakoto ai ngā mahere mō te taenga mai ki Leyte
He aha? I uru atu ia ki "Taffy 1", me etahi atu kaipuke kaitautoko 12, i raro i te whakahau a Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague. I whakawhiwhia a "Taffy 1" ki te mahi tiaki i te tomokanga ki te tonga-rawhiti ki Leyte Gulf. I te Oketopa 14, ka wehe te roopu mahi, ka tiaki i nga waka hoia i te huarahi, ka tae ki roto i te Moana o Leyte i te Oketopa 20. I te wa i whakatata atu ai te kaipuke Hapanihi mo te whakaeke nui i te 24 o Oketopa, "Saginaw Bay" me te whakawhiti i te nuinga o a raatau waka rererangi ki etahi atu kaikawe. I muri mai ka wehe ia ki Morotai mo nga rererangi whakakapi, ka ngaro i te Pakanga o Samar. I hoki mai ia ki tana roopu mahi i te 28 o Oketopa me tetahi roopu rererangi hou, i te wa i tiimata ai te reti ki Manus.