Kammala wannan magana: "Mississippi" ya goyi bayan
mamayewa na Leyte a watan Oktoba a matsayin wani ɓangare na rukuni na bombardment karkashin Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf. Harin na Amurka ya sa Jafananci suka kaddamar da Operation Shō-Gō 1, babban hari na ruwa wanda ya haifar da yakin Leyte Gulf a ranar 23-26 ga Oktoba, wani gwagwarmaya mai rikitarwa wanda ya shafi ayyuka guda hudu. Ta kasance a cikin Yaƙin Surigao Strait a daren 24 ga Oktoba, wanda ya kasance wani ɓangare na yaƙin. A can, rundunar sojojin Allied ta hallaka Sojojin Kudancin Japan da ke kunshe da tsofaffin jiragen ruwa guda biyu, da jirgin ruwa mai nauyi, da masu hallaka guda hudu; Jirgin ruwan Japan daya ne kawai ya tsere daga rundunar sojojin Allied. "Mississippi", wanda har yanzu yana da tsohuwar radar Mark 3, yana da matsala wajen gano manufa a cikin duhu kuma ya kori sallo daya kawai a cikin aikin yakin basasa na karshe a tarihi.