Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tsakanin 29 ga Satumba da 6 ga Oktoba, "Witter" ya yi tafiya daga Milne Bay ta hanyar Treasuries kuma ya koma New Guinea a Humboldt Bay. A Humboldt Bay, ta ba da rahoto don aiki ga TU 77.7.1 don
Aikin Leyte. Ƙungiyar aikinta, wani ɓangare na Rundunar Sojan Sama ta 7, ta bar Humboldt Bay a ranar 12 ga Oktoba don ɗaukar tashar sake cikawa a teku kimanin kilomita 180 a yammacin tsibirin Palau da aka riga aka zuba jari. A tsakiyar watan, man fetur da ya bi shi ya yi wa sojojin Leyte hari a teku kuma, a ranar 18 ga watan, ya tafi wurin da aka kafa a Kossol Passage a Palaus. Bayan kwana biyu a Palaus, "Witter" da kayanta sun fara tafiya don shiga babban karfi a Leyte Gulf. Sun isa Gulf kwana uku bayan harin 20 ga Oktoba.