Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - 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 na-eche nche ma na-echebe ndị nchebe. Ụgbọala ahụ gara Mindoro bụ agwaetiti dị na Luzon nke dị na Philippines iji kwado Agha Mindoro
Ọ dị mma. 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.