Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "Robinson" ya tsaya daga Seeadler Harbor a ranar 28 ga Nuwamba zuwa Leyte Gulf inda a ranar 1 ga Disamba aka raba shi daga Destroyer Division 112 (DesDiv 112) na Destroyer Squadron 56 (DesRon 56) kuma ya ba da rahoto ga Destroyer Squadron 22 don aiki. Kashegari sai ta fara aiki a cikin allon jiragen ruwa da jiragen ruwa don Kossol Passage, inda ta haɗu da wasu masu hallaka 14 a cikin allon jiragen ruwa guda shida, da jiragen ruwa guda bakwai, da kuma jiragen ruwa guda uku, suna aiki a matsayin mai nisa ga rundunonin sojoji da ke zuwa ga
hare-haren da aka kai a Mindoro, tsibirin Philippines. Ta taimaka wajen fitar da jirgin sama na abokan gaba yayin da yake kula da masu sufurin jirgi daga ranar 13 zuwa 15 ga watan Disamba. Sojojin sun kai bakin teku a Mindoro a ranar 15th kuma "Robinson" ya koma Seeadler Harbor tare da rukunin aiki a ranar 23d.