Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokubvongodzwa "Killen" akachenesa Port Angeles, Wash. musi wa19 August 1944, akafambisa motokari kubva kuPearl Harbor ndokusvika kuManus, Admiralty Islands musi wa14 September. Mushure mekudzidzira kurovedza, muparadzi akabva Hollandia musi wa12 Gumiguru neCentral Philippine Attack Force iyo yakasvika kubva kuSan Pedro Bay musi wa20. Kwamazuva 5 akatevera akapa rutsigiro rwemoto masikati nousiku kumapoka aiva pamhenderekedzo
paLeyte, uye mukati menhambo yemaminiti 30 musi wa 21 vakanyaradza nzvimbo nhatu dzapfuti dzomuvengi. Apo Navy yeJapan yakasarudza kupokana nekumhara muHondo yeLeyte Gulf, "Killen" squadron yakabata muvengi paSurigao Strait. Mangwanani aOctober 25, pa3:25 mangwanani, akabudisa torpedo shanu akananga kunhumbi yehondo "Yamashiro". Kurova kumwe chete, kuchinonotsa kusvika ku, kwakabvumira dzimwe dzinoparadza dzeAmerica kuti dzigadzirire kuuraya. Mukurwisa kwakapararira kwezvikepe zveLeyte, kwakafukidza mazana ezviuru zvemakiromita egungwa, Mauto eU.S. akaderedza Mauto eJapan kuti ave simba risingabatsiri nokudaro achimhanyisa zvikuru kufambira mberi kwakananga kuJapan nekuguma kwehondo.