Cika wannan jumlar: "Sangamon" ya sake yin ruwa a tashar jiragen ruwa na Seeadler a ranar 1 ga Oktoba. Kwana goma sha biyu bayan haka, ta tashi tare da TG 77.4, ƙungiyar masu ɗaukar hoto na ƙungiyar
Rundunar mamaye Leyte. Wannan rukuni, wanda ya kunshi masu ɗaukar hoto 18, an rarraba shi zuwa Ƙungiyoyin Ayyuka 77.4.1, 77.4.2, da 77.4.3 (TU 77.4.1, 77.4.2, da 77.4.3), kuma an kira su "Taffy 1, 2, da 3", daidai da haka. A lokacin aikin, za su yi tururi zuwa gabashin Leyte Gulf: Taffy 1, ciki har da "Sangamon", yana arewacin Mindanao, Taffy 2 a ƙofar Leyte Gulf; da Taffy 3 a Samar.