Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Caperton" yakabva kuEniwetok musi wa30 Nyamavhuvhu 1944 kunosangana neTF 38 nokuda kwekubhomba kwakarongwa zvakanaka uye kurwisa kwemhepo uko kwakagadzirira nzira yokudzokera kuPhilippines. Palaus, Mindanao, Visayas, uye Luzon dzakaputirwa kubva mudenga, nepo Peleliu, Angaur, uye Ngesebus vakanzwa simba rezvombo zvehondo. Muparadzi akazadzazve paUlithi, uye akatangazve basa rokudzora nokuda kwokurwisa kwakarongedzerwa kurambidza vaJapan kushandisa nheyo dzavo paOkinawa neFormosa mukupinda kweLeyte kwaizouya
. Muhondo yemumhepo yemazuva matatu yeFormosa iyo yakaguma, uye vakadonhedzwa nemapurisa kubva mudenga. "Caperton" akagoverwa kunongedza vakaremara kuti vave vakachengeteka, uye kuvarinda pavakanga vachishandiswa sechisungo mukuedza kuunza mauto epamusoro eJapane muhondo. Apo ngarava dzakarwiswa dzakanga dzisina kuchengeteka kunze kwekurwiswa kwemuvengi, "Caperton" yakadzokera kuchidzitiro TF 38 mukurwisa kwemhepo yeHondo inokosha yeLeyte Gulf, iyo yakagadzirwa kubva kuJapan yose-kunze kwekuedza kuputsa Leyte landings. Kurwiswa kwakabhururuka kubva kune vanotakura boka re "Caperton" kwakakonzera kurasikirwa kwekupedzisira kuJapan Center Force, uye iye nevamwe vakatevera kuchamhembe kweJapan kwakadzokera shure, pasina kuita hukama hwepamusoro.