<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - iWedderburn yaphinde yangena echibini lase-Eniwetok ngo-Agasti 14. Lapho, wabelwa kabusha esikrinini esilwa nemikhumbi-ngwenya seqembu lomsebenzi othwala ngokushesha, i-TG 38.2, eyakhelwe i- Intrepid CV-11, Hancock CV-19, Bunker Hill CV-17, Cabot CVL-28, kanye ne Independence CVL-22. Waphuma e-Eniwetok ngomhlaka-29 Agasti ehamba nayo yonke i-fast carrier task force TF 38 ukwenza ukuhlanza okukhulu kweziqhingi eziphethwe yiJapan kubandakanya iPhilippines, iPalaus, ne-Yap Island. I-Wedderburn yavikela umkhumbi-mkhombe ekuhlaselweni ama-submarine esitha ngenkathi ithumela izindiza zayo ezibhekiswe eMindanao naseLeyte, futhi kamuva, eqenjini elincane laseVisayas. Baphinde bahlinzeka ngamabhomu okuqala asemoyeni ekuhlaselweni kwePalau nasekusebenzeni kweMorotai. Leyo misebenzi yathatha cishe inyanga yonke ka - September, futhi umshayisibhamu awuzange ungene ethekwini kwaze kwaba ngomhla ka - 28 lapho i - TG 38.2 ifika eSaipan. Ngo-Okthoba 1, yena ne-TG 38.2 bathuthela e-Ulithi esanda kuthunjwa lapho imikhumbi yafika khona ngosuku olulandelayo. Nokho, ngokushesha iWedderburn yaphindela olwandle. I-Task Force 38 yahlangana cishe ngamakhilomitha angama-375 entshonalanga yeMarianas ngo-Okthoba 7 ukuvula iziqalo zokuhlasela iLeyte  <response>: . futhi. I Wedderburn yaqhubeka nokuqapha kwayo ama-anti-submarine ngenkathi abathwali abavikelayo beqala izindiza zabo kuqala ngokumelene ne-Okinawa, bese kuba yiFormosa, futhi ekugcineni amaPhilippine, eshaya izisekelo zezindiza zesitha eLuzon naseVisayas ukunikeza i-United States ukubusa emoyeni phezu kweLeyte lapho ukuhlasela kuqala ngo-Okthoba 20. 