Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Haɗuwa da Task Group 77.2 (TG 77.2), 29 Nuwamba, a San Pedro Bay, ta yi sintiri a Leyte Gulf kuma ta shiga cikin yakin Ormoc Bay. A ranar 2 ga watan Disamba, 1944, masu hallaka sun shiga tare da shi kuma don tsakar dare ya kai hari ga sojojin abokan gaba a yammacin Leyte tashar jiragen ruwa na Ormoc. Masu hallaka guda uku sun sami kansu a cikin ruwa mai zurfi, da hare-haren jiragen sama na ci gaba, da masu hallaka Japan guda biyu, da jiragen ruwa masu yawa na PT ko masu saurin motsa jiki, da kuma daya ko fiye da jiragen ruwa, da kuma batutuwan bakin teku. Jirgin ruwan abokan gaba ya nutse ta hanyar bindigogi daga jiragen ruwa guda uku, amma ya lalata kuma ya nutse "Cooper" tare da asarar ma'aikata 191 da jami'ai 13. "Moale" ya yi asarar rayuka uku da raunuka ashirin da biyar. "Allen M. Sumner" bai yi rikodin mutuwar ba amma ya sami 11 da suka ji rauni. Ranar 12 ga watan Disamba, "Moale" ya koma TG 77.3 kuma ya dauki matsayi na nunawa tare da Mindoro kai hari
karfi. A ranar 15 ga Disamba, ta ba da tallafin wuta ga sojojin da kuma kare jiragen sama don jiragen ruwa a yankin sufuri na Mangarin Bay. Kimanin "kamikaze" goma sun kai hari kan LSTs na rundunar sauka. Akalla jirgin sama guda daya ne 'yan bindigar "Moale" suka harbe shi, amma jiragen ruwa biyu sun ji rauni. "Moale" ya tafi tare don taimakawa wajen kashe wuta, yana fama da lalacewa, amma dole ne a watsar da LST kuma ya nutse. "Moale" ya yi asarar rai guda da raunuka goma sha uku. "Moale" ya ɗauki mutane 88 da suka tsira daga "LST-738" ciki har da kyaftin jirgin.