<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokwehliswa eBermuda, uRichard P. Leary wahamba ngomkhumbi ngePanama Canal eya ePearl Harbor. Ngemva kokuya e-Eniwetok naseSaipan ngoJulayi, wasekela ukufika ePeleliu ngoSepthemba 15, 1944, naseLeyte  <response>: 20 Okthoba. Ngesikhathi seMpi yaseSurigao Strait ngomhlaka 25 Okthoba, wasusa ama-torpedoes emkhunjini wempi waseJapane, wafafaza indiza eyodwa yesitha, futhi waqapha umkhumbi owonakele. Ngenkathi egada iLeyte Gulf ngoNovemba 1, wasindisa abasindile abangu-70 bomshayeli. 