Kammala jumla mai zuwa: SS "Hobart Baker" ya haɗu da jirgin ruwa guda ɗari, TG 77.11, wanda ke ƙarƙashin jagorancin Kyaftin J. B. McLean, Jirgin ya kare kuma ya kare shi da masu hallaka tara. Jirgin ya tafi Mindoro wani tsibiri a Luzon na Philippines don tallafawa
Yaƙin Mindoro. Jirgin ya isa Philippines a ranar 28 ga Disamba. Da zaran tawagar ta isa sai ta kasance a karkashin kusan ci gaba da kai hari. Jirgin ruwan PT mai suna USS Orestes shi ne na farko da kamikaze ya kai hari. An buga jirgin ruwan Liberty SS "William Sharon", yana da babbar wuta a kan gininsa, an kashe ma'aikata 11, amma ya kasance a kan ruwa kuma an gyara shi. LST-750 ya nutse daga baya a wannan rana. A ranar 30 ga Disamba jirgin ya isa Mangarin Bay da safe. Manufarmu ita ce mu kwashe kayanmu kuma mu tafi a rana ɗaya. Saukewa ya kasance mai sauƙi har zuwa 3:40 na yamma, lokacin da biyar Imperial Navy Navy (IJN) Aichi D3A ya fara kai hare-haren kashe-kashe. Jirgin ruwan USS "Gansevoort" (DD-608) da USS "Pringle" (DD-477), da kuma "USS Porcupine" sun yi nasara. Jirgin ruwan SS "Francisco Morozan" ya lalace lokacin da jirgin kamikaze ya fashe a kan jirgin bayan da jirgin ruwan Amurka ya harbe shi. SS "James H. Breasted" ya nutse ba tare da rasa ma'aikata ba.