A karshen watan Oktoba, Jafananci sun kai hari sau uku don kawar da sojojin Japan.
mamaye Philippines don tilasta wani m jirgin ruwa yaƙi. Yaƙin da ya biyo baya shine yaƙin ɓangarori huɗu na Leyte Gulf, wanda Ingersoll da ƙungiyar aikinta suka shiga. Lokacin da Admiral Halsey ya raba wani ɓangare na rundunarsa zuwa kudu don tsayar da jiragen ruwa na Japan daga Samar a ranar 25 ga Oktoba, 1944, "Ingersoll" ya shiga aikin Admiral Dubose a cikin bin ragowar jirgin ruwan Japan. A lokacin da ake bin bin "Ingersoll" ya harba torpedo daya a nesa, amma kungiyar ba ta shiga sauran jiragen ruwa na Japan ba.