Buuxi weedha soo socota: Isbedelka taliska ee Spruance ilaa Halsey 26kii Agoosto 1944, dhammaan cutubyada ayaa mar kale beddelay magacyadooda. Mitscher, oo ahaa duuliye tababarka hore wuxuuna lahaa amar sare oo ka mid ah kooxaha diyaaradaha, wuxuu codsaday inuu sii haysto amarka Ciidanka Gaadiidka Degdega ah illaa uu bedelkiisa, Admiral John McCain, uu heli karo waqti ku habboon si uu si fiican ugu barto maareynta kooxda gaadiidka. King iyo Nimitz ayaa isku raacay. Admiral Halsey, sida Spruance oo isaga ka horreeyay, wuxuu la safray Hawlgalka Diyaaradaha ee Degdega ah. Ciidanka waxaa loo kordhiyay sagaal CV iyo sideed CVL si loogu diyaariyo
kasoo dageysa Leyte. Task Force 38 wuxuu ka koobnaa afar kooxood oo shaqo: Task Group 38.1 waxaa hogaaminayay Admiral McCain, iyadoo taliyaha hore, Admiral Joseph "Jocko" Clark, uu ku sii jiray lataliye ahaan, Task Group 38.2 wuxuu hoos imaaday amarka Admiral Gerald Bogan, Task Group 38.3 waxaa hogaaminayay Admiral Frederick Sherman, iyo Task Group 38.4 wuxuu hoos imaaday amarka Admiral Ralph Davison.