<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I-SS Hobart Baker yajoyina umkhumbi wezikebhe eziyikhulu, i-TG 77.11, owawungaphansi komyalo kaKaputeni uJ. B. McLean, Umkhumbi wawuvikelwe futhi uvikelwe ababhubhisi abayisishiyagalolunye. Le nqola yaya eMindoro isiqhingi saseLuzon ePhilippines ukuze isekele  <response>: Impi YaseMindoro. Lo mkhumbi wafika ePhilippines ngo - December 28. Ngokushesha nje lapho umkhumbi ufika wawusengaphansi kokuhlaselwa okungapheli. I-PT ithenda i-U.S.S. Orestes yayiyisibhamu sokuqala esihlaselwe ama-kamikaze. Umkhumbi i-Liberty SS William Sharon washaywa, waba nomlilo omkhulu esakhiweni sawo esiphezulu, kwashona abasebenzi abangu-11, kodwa wasinda futhi walungiswa. I-LST-750 yacwila kamuva ngalolo suku. Ngo-December 30 ekuseni leli qembu lafika eMangarin Bay. Umgomo kwakuwukukhipha izimpahla nokuhamba ngosuku olufanayo. Ukuthuthwa kwezimpahla kwakuhamba kahle kwaze kwaba ngu-3:40 ntambama, lapho ama-Aichi D3A amahlanu ase-Imperial Japanese Navy IJN eqala ukuhlasela ngokuzibulala. Imikhumbi-ngwenya i-USS Gansevoort DD-608 ne-USS Pringle DD-477, kanye ne-USS Porcupine yashaywa. I-SS Francisco Morozan yalimala lapho indiza ye-kamikaze iqhuma phezu komkhumbi ngemva kokudutshulwa indiza ye-US Navy. I-SS James H. Breasted yacwila ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa amalungu ayo. 