Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Site na mgbanwe iwu site na Spruance gaa Halsey na 26 August 1944, ndị otu niile gbanwere aha ọzọ. Mitscher, onye bụ onye na-anya ụgbọelu site na ọzụzụ mbụ ma nwee njikwa nke ndị na-anya ụgbọelu, rịọrọ ka ọ nọgide na-eduzi Fast Carrier Task Force ruo mgbe onye nnọchi ya, Admiral John McCain, nwere ike ịnwe oge kwesịrị ekwesị iji mara nke ọma na njikwa nke ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu. Eze na Nimitz kwekọrịtara. Admiral Halsey, dị ka Spruance bu ya ụzọ, so ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu na-ebu ngwa ngwa. Ndị agha ahụ toro ruo CVs itoolu na CVLs asatọ iji kwadebe maka
ụgbọ mmiri ndị kwụsịrị na Leyte. Task Force 38 nwere ndị ọrụ anọ: Task Group 38.1 bụ Admiral McCain nyere iwu, ya na onye isi ya gara aga, Admiral Joseph "Jocko" Clark, nọgidere na-abụ onye ndụmọdụ, Task Group 38.2 nọ n'okpuru iwu nke Admiral Gerald Bogan, Task Group 38.3 bụ Admiral Frederick Sherman, na Task Group 38.4 nọ n'okpuru iwu nke Admiral Ralph Davison.