 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pechirimo chedzidzo dzomugungwa, Jupiter, pasi paComdr. J. M. Bristol, akabva kuGuadalcanal musi wa8 September kunotsigira kupinda muPalau Islands. Yakadzikisa zvinhu zvayo pasina chinetso ndokudzokera kuManus kundogadzirira kuvhozhokera kwakakosha kwePhilippine. Achibva kuHolland musi wa16 Gumiguru, akasvika kuLeyte ndokutanga kuburitsa zvinhu musi wa22 Gumiguru. Sezvo zvimwe zvikamu zvechikepe zvairwisana navaJapan muHondo yeLeyte Gulf yakakurumbira, Jupiter yakadzokera kuMariana Islands kunotora zvimwe zvinhu. Akaramba achisimbisa mauto muPhilippines kusvikira apinda muUlithi musi wa 23 January 1945 kuti agadzirire Hondo inotevera. 