Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: SS "Lewis L. Dyche" sonyeere otu narị ụgbọ mmiri TG 77.11, nke nọ n'okpuru iwu nke Captain J. B. McLean, Ndị nchebe itoolu chebere ma chebe ndị nchebe ahụ. Ụgbọala ahụ gara Mindoro bụ agwaetiti dị na Luzon nke dị na Philippines iji kwado ndị
Agha Mindoro. Ụgbọ njem ahụ rutere Philippines na December 28. Ozugbo ụgbọ ahụ rutere, a na-awakpo ya n'ụzọ na-aga n'ihu. Tupu ya erute, ụgbọelu kamikaze kụrụ ya. Ụgbọ mmiri nnwere onwe SS "William Sharon" na SS "John Burke" bụ ndị a wakporo. "Burke" jiri nnukwu mgbawa mikpuo na "Sharon's" nwere nnukwu ọkụ n'elu ụlọ ya. E mikpuru LST-750 n'ehihie ahụ. Na December 30, ìgwè ndị njem ahụ rutere Mangarin Bay n'ụtụtụ. Ise Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Aichi D3A bidoro mwakpo igbu onwe ha. Ndị na-ebibi ụgbọ mmiri USS "Gansevoort" (DD-608) na USS "Pringle" (DD-477), ma kụrụ ha. Ụgbọ mmiri SS "Francisco Morozan" merụrụ ahụ mgbe ụgbọelu kamikaze gbawara n'elu ụgbọ mmiri ahụ mgbe ụgbọelu US Navy gbutuchara ya.