 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Munguva yezororo remavhiki maviri uye nguva yokuzadzikisa yaaiva nayo paLeyte, Ticonderoga yakachinja masangano ebasa kubva kuTG 38.4 kuenda kuTag 38.3 yaRear Admiral Gerald F. Bogan. Musi wa 1 Chikunguru, pasi pemureza weRear Admiral Clifton Sprague, akabva kuLeyte neTF 38 ndokuenda kuchamhembe kunotangazve kurwisa kuJapan. Mazuva maviri gare gare, mudziyo wokuderedza wakakuvadzwa wakamanikidzira kupinda muApra Harbor, Guam, nokuda kwokugadziriswa. Akagara ikoko kusvikira musi wa19 paakaenda kunobatanazve neTF 38. Musi wa24, ndege dzayo dzakabatana nedzedzimwe ngarava dzinotakura zvinhu nokukurumidza pakurwisa ngarava muInland Seanenhandare dzendege paNagoya, Osaka, uye Miko. 