Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Robinson" ya share Seeadler Harbor a ranar 12, kuma ya tafi tsibirin Philippine. A ranar 17 ga Oktoba, 1944, ta shiga kungiyar Dinagat Attack Group. Tare da jiragen ruwa masu haske "Denver" (CL-58) da "Columbia" (CL-56), da kuma wasu masu hallaka guda uku, "Robinson" ya goyi bayan kungiyar Dinagat Attack Group kuma ya kafa hanya zuwa Dinagat da ƙananan tsibirin uku, Calicoan, Suluan, da Homonhon, waɗanda suka raba ƙofar biyu zuwa Leyte Gulf kuma ana zargin suna ɓoye radar neman abokan gaba. Don sanya wadannan tashoshin gargadi na abokan gaba daga aiki, kungiyar ta kai hari ta isa tsibirin a ranar 17 ga Oktoba. Jirgin ruwa mai suna "Denver" ya sami damar yin amfani da bindiga don 'yanci Leyte
a 08:00 da Company D na 6th Rangers ya sauka a kan Suluan Island game da minti 20 daga baya - na farko Amirkawa zuwa "koma" zuwa Philippines. "Robinson" ya jagoranci ƙungiyar Ranger zuwa Dinagat Island inda suka sauka ba tare da wata matsala ba. Daga nan sai ta rufe minesweepers a Leyte Gulf har sai sun yi ritaya a safiyar ranar 19 ga Oktoba. Makamansa sun yi amfani da rairayin bakin teku masu mamayewa a gaban sojojin da suka sauka a Leyte, 20 ga Oktoba, 1944, kuma ta ba da wuta a kan gabashin Leyte a cikin dare. A ranar 22 ga Oktoba, ta ceci wani matukin jirgin saman Amurka da aka harba. A ranar 24 ga Oktoba "Robinson" ya lalata wuraren da abokan gaba suka kafa a gangaren Catmon Hill, Leyte.