<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uBarber wahlala eGuam kwaze kwaba ngoJulayi 21 lapho ahamba ngomkhumbi u-Ulithi. Waqhubeka waya eLeyte Gulf lapho ahlola khona imikhumbi yempi futhi ngo-Agasti 8, 9 no-10 wabuyela eLeyte ukuze alinde eminye imiyalo. Ngesikhathi silapho, izindaba zokunikezela kweJapane  <response>: yafika ku Barber futhi yaya e-Okinawa ihamba no Mississippi kanye nomkhumbi wayo. Wafika ngo-August 21, wasuka ngosuku olulandelayo ukuze avakashele eManila Bay. NgoSepthemba 2, ukuthutha okusheshayo kwaqala amasonto amathathu okusebenza eSubic Bay, lapho kuphetha khona wathuthela eLingayen Gulf ukujoyina i-Transport Division TransDiv 20. Ukusuka lapho, wahola iqembu lezithuthi ezingu - 20 elalizoya empini. Leli qembu langena eWakanoura Bay eHonshu ngo-Okthoba 7 futhi lachitha amasonto amathathu ehamba kancane ngenkathi ama-mineweepers esusa umzila oya eNagoya. Ekugcineni, iTransDiv 20 yakwazi ukungena emkhunjini ngokuphepha kuyilapho uBarber ehlala emuva ukuze alawule ukungena ethekwini. Izisebenzi zasemkhunjini i - Barber zafika ogwini edolobheni laseNagasaki, elalibhujiswe yibhomu lesibili le - athomu okwenza ilungu ngalinye labasebenzi laba isosha le - athomu. 