Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mutakuri akabva Eniwetok musi wa 29 Nyamavhuvhu uye akabuda neTF 38, pasi pekutungamira kwaAdm. William F. Halsey yekurwisa mhepo paPeleliu nenhandare dzendege muPhilippines senhanho dzekutanga mukupinda kwePalau kubva musi wa 15 kusvika 20 Gunyana 1944. Mumwedzi waOctober, akafamba achibva kuFormosa nePescadores Islands. Gare gare mumwedzi wacho, TF 38 yakatsigira kumhara paLeyte. Kuedza kweJapan kumisa kufambira mberi kweU.S. kwaisanganisira kurwisa neakawanda emayuniti makuru echikepe ("Operation Sho-Go"). Musi wa24 Gumiguru, ndege dze "Langley" dzakatora chikamu muHondo yeGungwa reSibuyan. Ndege dzeTF 38 dzakarwisa Center Force yeJapan, sezvo yakanga ichifamba yakananga kuSan Bernardino Strait uye kuAmerican beachhead paTacloban. Zvikamu zveJapan zvakasiya basa kwenguva pfupi. Zuva rakatevera racho, pashure pokuudzwa nezvengarava dzendege dzeJapan dzaiva kuchamhembe kweLeyte, TF 38 yakamhanyira kunodzibata. Muchikamu chinotevera
Mukurwisana neCape Engaño, vaJapan vakarasikirwa nengarava ina dzinotakura zvikepe, ngarava mbiri dzehondo, ngarava ina dzinotakura zvikepe, ngarava imwe inotakura zvikepe, uye ngarava shanu dzinoparadza. Ndege dza"Langley" dzakabatsira mukuparadzwa kwevatakuri "Zuihō" uye "Zuikaku", iyo yekupedzisira ndiyo chete mutakuri akasara wevatakuri vatanhatu vakanga vapinda mukurwiswa kwePearl Harbor.