Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: SS "Lewis L. Dyche" yakabatana ne-zana-ngarava yegungwa TG 77.11, iyo yakanga iri pasi pekutungamirirwa naKaputeni J. B. McLean, Gungwa racho rakanga rakadzivirirwa uye rakadzivirirwa nevapanduki vapfumbamwe. Ngarava yacho yakaenda kuMindoro chitsuwa chiri muLuzon yePhilippines kunotsigira
Hondo yeMindoro. Ngarava yacho yakasvika muPhilippines musi waDecember 28. Nokukurumidza apo konvoyi yacho yakasvika yakanga iri pasi pokurwiswa kunodokuva kusingagumi. Vasati vasvika PT tender yakarohwa nendege yeKamikaze. Ngarava dzeRusununguko SS "William Sharon" uye SS "John Burke" dzakarohwawo. "Burke" yakanyura nokuputika kukuru uye "Sharon's" yakava nomwoto mukuru pachivako chayo chepamusoro. LST-750 yakanyura gare gare muzuva iroro. Musi waDecember 30 boka racho rakasvika Mangarin Bay mangwanani. Vashanu veJapan Imperial Navy (IJN) Aichi D3A vakatanga kurwisa kwekuzviuraya. Vanoparadza USS "Gansevoort" (DD-608) uye USS "Pringle" (DD-477), uye vakarohwa. SS "Francisco Morozan" yakakuvadzwa apo ndege yeKamikaze yakaputika pamusoro pechikepe pashure pokunge yapfurwa nendege yeUS Navy.