Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Agusta 1944 an kashe shi a Sydney da kuma a kan jiragen ruwa na jiragen ruwa a New Guinea. Bayan wani lokacin bushewa, "Hutchins" ya tashi daga Humboldt Bay a ranar 12 ga Satumba don shiga cikin saukowar Morotai, wani dutse mai mahimmanci zuwa Philippines. Ta kai hare-haren jiragen sama a ranar 16 ga Satumba kuma ta koma Seeadler Harbor a ranar 29 ga Satumba don shirya don mamaye Philippines. Babban jirgin ruwan mamayewa ya shirya ya isa Leyte Gulf a ranar 20 ga Oktoba. "Hutchins" sun ba da tallafin harin pre-invasion da kuma bindigogi, kuma sun yi sintiri a ƙofar bayan matakan farko na harin
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