<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngemva kokwehliswa eBermuda, uRichard P. Leary wahamba ngomkhumbi ePanama Canal eya ePearl Harbor. Ngemva kokuhamba e-Eniwetok naseSaipan ngoJulayi, wasekela ukufika ePeleliu ngoSepthemba 15, 1944, futhi  <response>: eLeyte 20 Okthoba. Ngesikhathi seMpi yaseSurigao Strait ngomhlaka 25 Okthoba, wasusa ama-torpedoes emkhunjini wempi waseJapane, wafafaza indiza eyodwa yesitha, futhi waqapha umkhumbi owonakele. Ngenkathi egada iLeyte Gulf ngoNovemba 1, wasindisa abasindile abangu-70 bomshayeli. 