<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kweMpi YaseLeyte Gulf, umkhumbi-mkhumbi waqhubeka nokusebenza eLuzon nge-TG 38.2 ngenkathi izindiza zezindiza zinikeza ukusekelwa okwengeziwe emoyeni kwamasosha alwela ukuthatha iLeyte. Leyo misebenzi yaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngu-5 Novemba lapho inkinga yenjini iphoqa ukuba ibeke inkambo eya e-Ulithi. Umkhumbi wempi wafika kulesisekelo esithuthukile ngoNovemba 10, washeshe waqeda ukulungiswa, futhi wajoyina i-TG 38.2 ngaphandle kweLuzon ngemuva nje maphakathi nenyanga. Ukubuya kwakhe, nokho, kwaba mfushane; ngoba, ngoNovemba 23, wathola imiyalo yokubuyela e-Ulithi ukujoyina i-TG 38.1. E-Ulithi, waqhuba izivivinyo kwaze kwaba ngu-10 kuDisemba lapho eshiya i-atoll ne-TG 38.1 ukusekela ukufika eMindoro.  <response>: . futhi. Phakathi nalolo hlelo, i-TF 38 yadlula esiphephweni esidume kabi ngoDisemba 1944 esalimaza imikhumbi eminingi kuleli qembu futhi sacwila emithathu. I-Wedderburn, nokho, yalimala kancane futhi yahlanganyela ekufuneni abasindile be- Hull DD-350, Monaghan DD-354, kanye ne- Spence DD-512 yize engazange ahlanganyele kunoma yimiphi imisebenzi yokusindisa yangempela. Umonakalo owabangelwa isiphepho wawudinga ukuba sibuyele e - Ulithi ukuze silungiswe. I-destroyer nezinye imikhumbi ze-TF 38 zangena echibini ngoKhisimusi futhi zahlala lapho izinsuku eziyisithupha, zaqala ukusebenza ngoDisemba 30, 1944. 