<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Yadlulela eSeaadler Harbor, esesiQhingini saseManus, lapho kwakudwetshwa khona amapulani okufika eLeyte  <response>: . futhi. Wajoyina i- Taffy 1, kanye nabanye abathwali be-escort abangu-12, ngaphansi komyalo ka-Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague. I-Taffy 1 yanikezwa umsebenzi wokuqapha isango eliseningizimu-mpumalanga yeLeyte Gulf. Ngo-Okthoba 14, iqembu lomsebenzi lasuka, liqapha ukuthuthwa kwamasosha endleleni, lafika ngaphakathi kweLeyte Gulf ngo-Okthoba 20. Njengoba i-Japanese Fleet yayisondela ekubhekaneni okunqumayo ngo-Okthoba 24, iSaginaw Bay futhi yadlulisela iningi lezindiza zabo kwezinye izisebenzi. Wabe esehlala eMorotai ukuze athole izindiza ezintsha, waphuthelwa iMpi eyalandela eSamar. Wabuyela eqenjini lakhe lomsebenzi ngo-Okthoba 28 ngenqwaba entsha yezindiza, lapho iqala ukubuyela emuva eManus. 