Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Ammen" ya kasance a Manus daga 29 Satumba zuwa 11 Oktoba. A rana ta ƙarshe, ta tashi a cikin teku a kan tafiya mai zurfi da aka kai ga mamaye Philippines a Leyte. Wannan zagaye ya kai ta farko zuwa arewacin bakin tekun New Guinea inda - a Humboldt Bay - ta zama wani bangare na allon na mamayewa karfi flagship. Rukunin jirgin ruwan ya yi anga a ranar 15 ga Oktoba kuma ya kafa hanya zuwa Leyte Gulf. Mai hallaka ya jagoranci jagorancin jirgin zuwa Leyte Gulf a cikin duhu kafin ranar 20 ga Oktoba. An fara harbe-harben da aka shirya a kusa da 0700 kuma ya kasance har sai kafin 0945. A wannan lokacin jirgin ruwan ya fara zuwa bakin tekun. An sanya shi don kare jirgin ruwa na rundunar, "Ammen" bai shiga cikin bukukuwan ba amma ya lura da hankali don shigar da jirgin sama da jiragen ruwa na abokan gaba. A cikin kwanaki biyar na farko na aikin Leyte
, ta ci gaba da samar da iska da kuma anti-submarine ɗaukar hoto zuwa "Wasatch" da kuma escorted ta fita zuwa teku a lokacin da ta dare ritaya daga San Pedro Bay.