<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ammen wahlala eManus kusukela ngo-September 29 kuya ku-October 11. Ngosuku lokugcina, yasuka yaya olwandle ohambweni olude olwalugxile ekuhlaselweni kwePhilippines eLeyte. Lowo mgwaqo waqale wamyisa ogwini olusenyakatho yeNew Guinea lapho-eHumboldt Bay-waba iyunithi yesikrini somkhumbi ohamba phambili wamandla okuhlasela. Iqembu elihamba phambili laphakamisa ihange ngo-Okthoba 15 futhi labeka inkambo eya eLeyte Gulf. I-destroyer yahamba nomkhumbi wokulawula wangena eLeyte Gulf ebumnyameni bangaphambi kokuntwela kwelanga ngo-Okthoba 20. Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu okulungiselela ugu kwaqala cishe ngo-07:00 futhi kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngaphambi nje kuka-09:45. Ngalesosikhathi imikhumbi yokufika yaqala ukusondela emabhishi. Njengoba yayabelwe ukuvikela umkhumbi-jikelele webutho, i-Ammen ayizange ihlanganyele emikhosini kodwa yaqapha ngokucophelela ukuhlasela kwezindiza nemikhumbi-ngwenya yezitha. Ezinsukwini zokuqala ezinhlanu zesivumelwano saseLeyte  <response>: , waqhubeka nokuhlinzeka nge-anti-air and anti-submarine coverage ku Wasatch futhi wamyisa olwandle ngesikhathi sokuthatha umhlalaphansi ebusuku eSan Pedro Bay. 