 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kudikanwa kwenzvimbo dzekumberi kwakamanikidza kupinda muPalau, uye Lackawanna akatsigira 3rd Fleet mukuita uku. Nokugadziridza kwokutanga kwakapedzwa, mutakuri wemafuta akabva paSeeadler Harbor pakati paOctober akananga kunzvimbo yokuzadza mafuta pedyo nePhilippines. Ichigovera mabasa okudzorera kwemwedzi inodokusvika miviri, yakaita basa rinokosha munhimbe yakabudirira yePhilippine. 