Ka cika wannan magana: Bayan kwana tara, jirgin ya koma Leyte Gulf. Ta gudanar da ayyukan bincike da ayyukan radar a ƙofar gabar tekun daga Dinagat Island daga 6 zuwa 30 Nuwamba. A daren 1 zuwa 2 ga watan Disamba, DesDiv 44 ya yi bincike na Tekun Camotes. A 02:38 a ranar 2 ga Disamba, "Sigourney" da "Conway" (DD-507) sun bude wuta a kan wani jirgin ruwan Japan wanda ya nutse bayan minti shida. Sa'an nan kuma masu hallaka sun tashi zuwa tsibirin Palau don shiga cikin rundunar da ke rufewa don
mamayewar Mindoro. Ƙungiyar aiki na hudu na yakin basasa, hudu masu sintiri, masu sufurin jirgi shida, da kuma 18 masu hallaka sun tashi a ranar 10. Kwana uku bayan haka, masu sufuri sun fara kaddamar da hare-haren iska wanda ya ci gaba har zuwa ranar 17 ga watan Disamba. A lokacin da suke yankin, rukunin aikin sun kasance a karkashin hare-haren iska na abokan gaba.