Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Mukuedza kwokupedzisira kumisa mushandirapamwe weUnited States wokutorazve Philippines, Imperial Japanese Navy yakarova zvakare ne "Shō-Gō" 1, kurwisa kwemativi matatu kwakanangana nokuparadza mauto eAmerica anobhururuka muLeyte Gulf. Hurongwa hwacho hwaive hwekuti Vice-Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa ashandise vatakuri vechikepe vekuJapan sechinhu chekukwezva vatakuri veUS veTF 38 kubva kumahombekombe ePhilippine, vachibvumira maAdmirals eJapan Imperial Takeo Kurita, Kiyohide Shima, naShoji Nishimura kutora mauto epamusoro kuburikidza neSan Bernardino Strait neSurigao Strait, kwavaizosangana nekurwisa mabhiriji eUS. "Iowa" akaperekedza TF 38 panguva yekurwiswa kweJapan Central Force pasi pekutungamirirwa kwaAdmiral Kurita sezvaaifamba kuburikidza neGungwa reSibouyan akananga kuSan Bernardino Strait. Mhedzisiro yakashumwa yekurwiswa uku uye kudzoka kunoratidzika kweJapan Central Force kwakatungamira Admiral William "Bull" Halsey kuti atende kuti simba iri rakanga raparadzwa seboka rinorwa rinoshanda; semhedzisiro, "Iowa", neTF 38, yakamhanya mushure meJapan Northern Force kubva kuCape Engaño, Luzon. Pana 25 October 1944, apo ngarava dzeNorthern Force dzakanga dzapotsa dzasvika pfuti dze"Iowa", shoko rakasvika rokuti Central Force yeJapan yakanga ichirwisa boka revatakuri veAmerica vanoperekedza kubva kuSamar. Iyi tyisidziro kumahombekombe eAmerica yakamanikidza TF 38 kuti ishandure nzira uye ivhu kutsigira inotakura ngarava inotakura ngarava, asi kurwisa kwakasimba ne7th Fleet muhondo yeSamar yakanga yatokonzera kuti maJapan adzokere uye "Iowa" akarambidzwa kuita basa repamusoro. Pashure peHondo yeLeyte Gulf
, "Iowa" yakaramba iri mumvura iri kure nePhilippines ichitarisa vatakuri panguva yekurwisa Luzon neFormosa. Yakabva yaenda kuWest Coast mukupera kwaDecember 1944.