Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ta yi ritaya zuwa Seeadler Harbor, wanda ke cikin tsibirin Manus, inda aka tsara tsare-tsaren saukar jiragen ruwa a Leyte
Ka yi haƙuri. Ta shiga "Taffy 1", tare da wasu masu sufurin jirgi 12, a karkashin umurnin Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague. "Taffy 1" an ba shi aikin kare ƙofar kudu maso gabas zuwa Leyte Gulf. A ranar 14 ga Oktoba, rukunin aikin ya tashi, yana kula da jigilar sojoji a hanya, ya isa cikin Leyte Gulf a ranar 20 ga Oktoba. Kamar yadda jirgin ruwa na Japan ya rufe don ƙaddamarwa a ranar 24 ga Oktoba, "Saginaw Bay" kuma ya canja yawancin jiragen saman su zuwa wasu masu sufuri. Daga nan sai ta yi ritaya zuwa Morotai don maye gurbin jirgin sama, ta rasa yakin da ya biyo baya a Samar. Ta koma aikinta a ranar 28 ga Oktoba tare da sabon jirgin sama, kamar yadda ya fara komawa baya zuwa Manus.