Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Ngarava dzose dziri mbiri dzakanga dzagadziriswa nenguva kuti dzipinde muhondo huru inotevera, hondo yokuPhilippines iyo yakatanga nokupinda muLeyte
muna October 1944. Zvose zviri zviviri zvikepe zvakatsigira kumhara, izvo zvakakonzera kuti vaJapan vatange Operation Shō-Gō 1, kurwisa kukuru kwegungwa kwakaguma muhondo yeLeyte Gulf musi wa 23-26 Gumiguru. "California" uye "Tennessee", sechikamu cheboka rekupfura pasi peRear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, vakatora chikamu mune chimwe chikamu chehondo yakaoma, chiito cheSurigao Strait, husiku hwa24 / 25 Gumiguru. Ikoko, ngarava dzeAllied dzakaparadza maJapan Southern Force aiva nengarava mbiri dzekare dzehondo, imwe ngarava inorema, uye ngarava ina dzokuparadza; mungarava imwe chete yeJapan yakapukunyuka ngarava dzeAllied dzakawanda. "California" uye "Tennessee" dzakapfura kwenguva pfupi bedzi mukati mokubata, sezvo kusanzwisisana pakati pevatungamiriri vavo kwakapotsa kwakatungamirira kune kumwe kurwisana, uko kwakavakandira kunze kwenzvimbo yekupfura. Kunyange zvakadaro vakanga varipo nokuda kwokurwisana kwokupedzisira nengarava yehondo munhau.