 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Cony akadzokera kuGuadalcanal musi wa24 August 1944 kuzogadzirira kurwisa Palau Islands. Yakaongorora vatakuri sezvo vakatanga kurwisa kwemhepo vachitsigira kumhara paPeleliupakati pa15 na30 September, ipapo ndokuiswa muManus kuzadza. Mudzvanyiriri akaenda kugungwa zvakare musi wa 12 Gumiguru, achiongorora uye kupa rutsigiro rwemoto kumapoka ekuparadza pasi pemvura uye mapoka ekubhomba muLeyte Gulf pakati pa 19 na 21 Gumiguru apo kudzika kwakatanga. Mauto eJapan paakapinda muGulf of Leyte musi wa24 Gumiguru kuti atange Hondo yeSurigao Strait chikamu cheHondo yeLeyte Gulf, Cony akatora nzvimbo yake pamwe chete nemapurisa ehondo uye cruisers muhondo yehondo, achibatanidzwa mukuputika kwehusiku hwehusiku, uye achitevera nekugara achirwisana neJapan destroyer Asagumo, pakupedzisira yakanyura mangwanani e25 Gumiguru nerubatsiro rwemoto kubva kune mumwe muparadzi uye maviri cruisers. 