Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - SS "Lewis L. Dyche" ya shiga jerin gwanon jiragen ruwa guda dari TG 77.11, wanda ke karkashin 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 yakin Mindoro
Ka yi haƙuri. 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. Kafin ya isa PT tender ya buga da kamikaze jirgin sama. Jirgin ruwan 'yanci SS "William Sharon" da SS "John Burke" duk sun sha wahala. "Burke" ya nutse tare da babban fashewa kuma "Sharon" yana da babbar wuta a kan gininsa. LST-750 ya nutse daga baya a wannan rana. A ranar 30 ga Disamba jirgin ya isa Mangarin Bay da safe. Sojojin ruwan Japan guda biyar (IJN) Aichi D3A sun fara kai hare-haren kunar bakin wake. Jirgin ruwan USS "Gansevoort" (DD-608) da USS "Pringle" (DD-477), kuma an buge su. Jirgin ruwan SS "Francisco Morozan" ya lalace lokacin da jirgin kamikaze ya fashe a kan jirgin bayan da jirgin ruwan Amurka ya harbe shi.