Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon watan Agusta, "Abbot" ya koma Pearl Harbor don gyarawa, hutawa, da horo. A ranar 28, ta fara shirya don wani aikin amphibious. Ta kammala wannan horo a mako na biyu a watan Satumba kuma ta bar Hawaii a ranar 15 ga watan zuwa yammacin Pacific. Tafiya ta hanyar Eniwetok, ta isa tsibirin Manus a cikin tsibirin Admiralty a ranar 3 ga Oktoba. Ta ci gaba da horar da shi a Manus har zuwa ranar 14 ga Oktoba lokacin da ta fara tafiya tare da jigilar jigilar kayayyaki zuwa mamaye Philippines a Leyte.
Ka yi haƙuri. Ta isa bakin tekun wannan tsibirin a ranar 20 ga Oktoba kuma ta fara samar da tsaro da tsaro ga yankin sufuri. Kodayake rukunin da aka haɗa da ita ya zo ne a ƙarƙashin harin iska a wannan rana, sai kawai mai kutse ya kusanci kusa da "Abbot" don ta buɗe tare da batirin anti-aircraft. Duk da haka, wannan dare na 'yan bindigar' yan bindiga. "Abbot" ya taimaka wa dakarun da ke bakin teku tare da hasken dare da kuma harbe wuta a kan abokan gaba a kusa da Dulag.