Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Halsey ya aika da TG 38.1 kudu don kai hari ga filayen jirgin saman Japan a yankin yayin mamayewar Morotai
wanda ya fara a ranar 15 ga watan Satumba, amma ya sake kira su don sake shiga babban TF 38 kafin shirinsa na kai hari kan Manila a ranar 21 ga Satumba. Jirgin saman "Hornet" ya halarci hare-hare na biyu a Manila Bay kuma ya nutsar da tsohuwar jirgin ruwa. Matukan jirgi na Amurka sun yi iƙirarin cewa sun harbe jiragen sama 110 kuma sun lalata 95 a ƙasa, kodayake Jirgin Sama na Farko ya rasa ƙasa da jiragen sama ashirin da biyu saboda duk dalilai. TF38 ta yi iƙirarin cewa ta nutsar ko ta lalata tankokin mai bakwai, amma bayanan Japan sun nuna cewa tara sun nutsar ko sun lalace. Mummunar yanayi ya tilasta soke yawancin hare-haren da aka shirya don rana ta biyu, amma Halsey ya yanke shawarar kai hari ga Coron Bay a Calamian Islands a maimakon haka, wani mai amfani da man fetur na Japan, a gefe guda na Philippines tare da TGs 38.1 da 38.3. "Hornet's air group" ya jagoranci haɗin gwiwar iska wanda ya shafe man fetur guda biyu, shida masu sufuri, da dama masu ba da gudummawa da kuma jirgin ruwa. TG 38.1 sa'an nan kuma ya tashi zuwa Seeadler Harbor don sake cikawa da musayar Air Group 2 don Air Group 11. A ƙarshe Clark ya bar "Hornet" a ranar 1 ga Oktoba.