Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Masikati omusi wa24 October 1944, pakugamuchira shoko rokuti mauto matatu ane simba echiJapan akanga ari kusvika achibva kumativi matatu, zvikepe zvePT zvaitungamirirwa ne"Wachapreague" zvakakurumidza kuenda kunzvimbo dzebasa. Muvhani yesimba rokumaodzanyemba reJapan makanga mune ngarava mbiri dzehondo neimwe cruiser inorema, yaidzivirirwa nevanoparadza vana; makiromita makumi mashanu nematanhatu emvura shure kwakauya boka rechipiri, raiumbwa nevanoparadza vatatu nevanoparadza vana. Ngarava dzeAmerica dzePT dzakasangana nemauto eJapan ekumaodzanyemba dzakatarisana; zvitatu zvakagadziriswa zvakaparadzwa torpedo zvakakurumidza kutevera; apo zvikepe zvehondo zveAmerica uye cruisers pasi peRear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf zvakatumirwa kumucheto kuchamhembe kweSurigao Strait kuti "yambuka T" yengarava dzeJapan. Kuparadzwa kwakaitwa mauto eJapan nengarava dzehondo dzeAmerica kwakanga kwakapotsa kwakwana. Ngarava imwe bedzi yeJapan, ngarava inoparadza "Shigure", yakabuda mune yakazozivikanwa seHondo yeSurigao Strait
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