Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I a ia i te Moutere o Manus, i tukuna a "Petrof Bay" ki te Rōpū Mahi 77.4.1, ko "Taffy 1" ranei o te Rōpū Mahi 77.4, te Rōpū Kaikawe Kaikawe. I whakahaua e te Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague, ko te, ko te rangatira o Sprague,,,, me nga kaipuke kaipuke "Casablanca" "Saginaw Bay" me "Petrof Bay" i roto i te Tari Kaikawe 28, i wehewehea mai i etahi atu kaikawe, engari kei roto tonu i te waahanga mahi kotahi. I whakahaua te Tari Kaikawe 28 e Rear Admiral George R. Henderson, ko tana haki kei te whakairi tonu i runga i te "Saginaw Bay". I te 14 o Oketopa, i wehe atu ia i Seeadler Harbor, ka haere ki te Moana o Leyte hei tautoko i te whakatuwheratanga
te taunga ki Leyte, hei hokinga mai o nga ope o Amerika ki Piripi, a ka timata ano hoki te pakanga o Piripi.