Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An gyara jiragen ruwa guda biyu a kan lokaci don shiga cikin babban hari na gaba, yakin Philippines wanda ya fara da mamayewar Leyte
a watan Oktoba 1944. Dukkanin jiragen ruwa sun goyi bayan saukowa, wanda ya sa Jafananci suka kaddamar da Operation Shō-Gō 1, babban hare-haren ruwan da ya haifar da yakin Leyte Gulf a ranar 23 zuwa 26 ga Oktoba. "California" da "Tennessee", a matsayin wani ɓangare na rukuni na bombardment a karkashin Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, ya shiga cikin wani ɓangare na yakin basasa, aikin Surigao Strait, a daren 24 / 25 Oktoba. A can, rundunar sojojin Allied ta hallaka Sojojin Kudancin Japan da ke kunshe da tsofaffin jiragen ruwa guda biyu, da jirgin ruwa mai nauyi, da masu hallaka guda hudu; Jirgin ruwan Japan guda daya ne kawai ya tsere daga rundunar sojojin Allied. "California" da "Tennessee" sun yi harbi ne kawai a lokacin yakin, yayin da rashin sadarwa tsakanin kwamandojin su kusan ya kai ga wani karo, wanda ya jefa su daga matsayi na harbi. Duk da haka sun kasance a lokacin yakin basasa na karshe a tarihi.