 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sechikamu cheSouthern Attack Force, TF 79, Luce yakaburitswa kubva kuManus, Admiralty Islands, 11 October. Munguva yekurwiswa kweLeyte 20 kusvika 23 Gumiguru, akafamba kunze kwenzvimbo dzeLST-kutakura dzichipa kufukidzwa kwemhepo. Pakati paNovember 1 naDecember 12, Luce akafamba kubva kuManus kuenda kuNew Guinea pakufambisa uye ASW mapurisa, uye kubva munaDecember 12 kusvika 27 akatsigira Huon Gulf, New Guinea, kushanda. Musi wa 27 December akafamba achienda kunotsvaka zvikepe zvaizotakura vanhu kuti zvinorwisa Lingayen Gulfuye kumhara. 