Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "California" ta bar Espiritu Santo a ranar 17 ga Satumba kuma ta wuce ta bakin tekun New Guinea, inda ma'aikatan jirgin suka lura da fadace-fadace tsakanin sojojin Japan da na Ostiraliya yayin yakin New Guinea. Jirgin ya isa Manus a ranar 22 ga Satumba, inda aka fara shirye-shirye don aiki na gaba. "California", kuma wani ɓangare na Oldendorf's bombardment group, wanda yanzu ya hada da "Maryland",,, "Tennessee", da kuma, ya tashi a ranar 12 ga Oktoba zuwa Philippines. Yaƙin Philippines ya fara kwanaki biyar bayan haka tare da saukowa na farko ta 6th Ranger Battalion a tsibirin Dinagat da Suluan. Wannan harin na baya ya sa Jafananci sun san hare-haren da ke gabatowa a kan Philippines, wanda ya haifar da kunna aikin Shō-Gō 1, shirin da aka shirya don saukar da Allied. Sa'an nan kuma Allied minesweepers fara sharewa tashoshi a cikin Leyte Gulf a shirye-shiryen babban
sauka a Leyte. A ranar 19 ga Oktoba, an fara harbi da tsibirin, yana ci gaba da washegari yayin da sojoji suka sauka a bakin teku. Wani jirgin yaki na Zero ya yi tsalle zuwa jirgin a ranar, daya daga cikin kamikaze na farko, amma wutar da aka yi ta sama ta fitar da jirgin daga hanya kuma ya fadi ba tare da lahani ba a gaban jirgin.