Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Mgbe ọ nọ na Manus Island, "Petrof Bay" ka e kenyere Task Unit 77.4.1, ma ọ bụ "Taffy 1" nke Task Group 77.4, ndị 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 ndị mbido.
na Leyte, nke ga-abụ nlọghachi nke ndị agha America na Philippines, nke ga-ebido mkpọsa Philippines.