Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kwana tara bayan haka, mai hallaka ya dawo zuwa Leyte Gulf. Ta gudanar da ayyukan bincike da ayyukan radar a ƙofar gabar tekun daga Dinagat Island daga 6 zuwa 30 Nuwamba. A daren 1 zuwa 2 ga watan Disamba, DesDiv 44 ya yi bincike na Tekun Camotes. A 02:38 a ranar 2 ga Disamba, "Sigourney" da "Conway" (DD-507) sun bude wuta a kan wani jirgin ruwan Japan wanda ya nutse bayan minti shida. Daga nan sai masu hallaka suka yi tafiya zuwa tsibirin Palau don su shiga rundunar da za ta mamaye Mindoro
Ka yi haƙuri. Ƙungiyar aiki na hudu na yakin basasa, hudu masu sintiri, masu sufurin jirgi shida, da kuma 18 masu hallaka sun tashi a ranar 10. Kwana uku bayan haka, masu sufuri sun fara kaddamar da hare-haren iska wanda ya ci gaba har zuwa ranar 17 ga watan Disamba. A lokacin da suke yankin, rukunin aikin sun kasance a karkashin hare-haren iska na abokan gaba.