Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A wani yunƙuri na ƙarshe don dakatar da yaƙin neman zaɓe na Amurka don dawo da Philippines, Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta Imperial Japan ta mayar da martani tare da "Shō-Gō" 1, wani hari mai bangarori uku da nufin lalata sojojin amphibious na Amurka a Leyte Gulf. Shirin ya bukaci Mataimakin Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa ya yi amfani da masu jigilar jiragen sama na Japan da suka tsira a matsayin abin da za su jawo hankalin masu jigilar Amurka na TF 38 daga bakin tekun Philippine, wanda ya ba da damar Admirals Japan Japan Takeo Kurita, Kiyohide Shima, da Shōji Nishimura su dauki rundunonin aiki ta hanyar San Bernardino Strait da Surigao Strait, inda za su hadu da kai hari ga bakin tekun Amurka. "Iowa" ya bi TF 38 a lokacin hare-haren da aka yi wa Jafananci na Tsakiya a karkashin umurnin Admiral Kurita yayin da yake motsawa ta cikin Tekun Sibuyan zuwa San Bernardino Strait. Sakamakon wadannan hare-haren da aka ruwaito da kuma bayyanar da aka yi na Jafananci na Tsakiya ya jagoranci Admiral William "Bull" Halsey ya yi imanin cewa an rushe wannan karfi a matsayin rukuni mai tasiri; a sakamakon haka, "Iowa", tare da TF 38, ya yi tururi bayan sojojin Arewacin Japan daga Cape Engaño, Luzon. A ranar 25 ga Oktoba, 1944, lokacin da jiragen ruwa na Arewacin Arewa suka kasance kusan a cikin bindigogi na "Iowa", labari ya zo cewa Jafananci na Tsakiya na Japan sun kai hari ga wani rukuni na masu kula da Amurka daga Samar. Wannan barazanar da aka yi wa 'yan Amurka ya tilasta TF 38 don sake juyawa da kuma tururi don tallafawa rundunar jiragen ruwa na jirgin ruwa, amma tsayayyar juriya ta 7th Fleet a yakin Samar ya riga ya sa Jafananci su koma baya kuma an hana "Iowa" wani aiki na ƙasa. Bayan Yaƙin Leyte Gulf
, "Iowa" ya kasance a cikin ruwa daga Philippines masu ɗaukar hoto a lokacin hare-haren Luzon da Formosa. Ta tashi zuwa West Coast a ƙarshen Disamba 1944.