Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 15 ga Satumba, a shirye-shiryen kai hari kan Leyte
, "Twiggs" ya bar Pearl Harbor a matsayin memba na Destroyer Squadron 49 (DesRon 49), yana duba Task Group 79.2 (TG 79.2), Transport Attack Group "Baker", wanda ya yi tururi ta hanyar Eniwetok zuwa Manus a tsibirin Admiralty. Bayan shirye-shiryen karshe don mamayewar da ke gabatowa, ta bar Seeadler Harbor a ranar 14 ga Oktoba. Lokacin da ya isa Leyte a ranar 20 ga Oktoba, "Twiggs" ya taimaka wajen samar da kariya ga jiragen sama don sufuri a lokacin saukowa. A cikin kwanakin da suka biyo baya na aikin iska mai tsanani, ya ci gaba da tallafawa mamayewa kuma, a wani lokaci, ya ceci wani mai tashi daga "Petrof Bay" (CVE-80). "Twiggs" ya bar Leyte a ranar 25 ga Oktoba, ya yi tururi ta tsibirin Mios Woendi zuwa Manus, kuma ya isa Seeadler Harbor a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba.