Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Oktoba na 1944, "Zuikaku" shi ne babban jirgin ruwa na Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's decoy Northern Force a cikin Operation Shō-Gō 1, harin da Japan ta kai kan saukowar Allied a Leyte
Ka yi haƙuri. A wannan lokacin, jirgin yana da mayaƙan A6M5 Zero 28, 16 A6M2 Zero masu jefa bama-bamai, 7 D4Y jirgin sama na bincike da 15 B6Ns. A safiyar ranar 24 ga Oktoba, ta kaddamar da mayakan 10, 11 masu jefa bom, 6 masu jefa bom, da kuma jiragen sama na 2 kamar yadda ta bayar da gudummawa ga harin iska da nufin jawo hankalin Amurkawa daga wasu kungiyoyin da za su hallaka sojojin da ke sauka. Wannan bai cika komai ba yayin da jirgin saman Japan ya kasa kutsawa ta hanyar kare mayaƙan; wadanda suka tsira sun sauka a filayen jirgin sama a Luzon. Amurkawa sun damu da hulɗa da sauran sojojin ruwa na Japan da kuma kare kansu daga hare-haren iska kuma a ƙarshe sun sami Northern Force a ƙarshen wannan rana, amma Admiral William Halsey, Jr., kwamandan Task Force 38, ya yanke shawarar cewa ya yi latti a rana don yin tasiri mai tasiri. Ya juya dukkan jiragensa zuwa arewa don sanya kansa don kai hari.