Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ nọ n'àgwàetiti Manus, "Petrof Bay" e kenyere Task Unit 77.4.1, ma ọ bụ "Taffy 1" nke Task Group 77.4, Escort Carrier Group. Onye isi ya bụ Admiral Thomas L. Sprague, ọ bụ ndị na-ebu ụgbọ mmiri, nke bụ flagship nke Sprague,,,, yana ndị na-ebu ụgbọ mmiri "Casablanca" "Saginaw Bay" na "Petrof Bay" na Carrier Division 28, kewara site na ndị na-ebu ụgbọ mmiri ndị ọzọ, mana ka nọ n'otu ọrụ ahụ. Onyeisi ndị agha ụgbọelu 28 bụ Rear Admiral George R. Henderson, onye ọkọlọtọ ya ka na-agbanye n'ụgbọ "Saginaw Bay". N'abalị iri na anọ n'ọnwa Ọktoba, o si n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Seeadler pụta, wee gawa Leyte Gulf iji kwado oghere
ndị agha na Leyte, nke ga-abụ nloghachi nke ndị agha America na Philippines, nke ga-amalitekwa mkpọsa Philippines.