<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kokulungiswa e-Eniwetok, uConner wahamba olwandle neqembu lomsebenzi ophethe kusukela ngo-Agasti 29 kuya kuSeptemba 28, 1944, ukuhlunga ngenkathi abathwali bakhe beqala ukuhlasela ePalau, Yap, Ulithi, Mindanao, naseVisayans, ehlanganisa ukufika eMorotai, futhi ebuyela esikrinini sokuhlaselwa emoyeni eLuzon naseVisayans futhi. Ngo-Okthoba 2, wahamba ngomkhumbi esuka eManus ukuze ahlole abathwali bemikhumbi njengoba beqeda izisekelo zaseJapane e-Okinawa, enyakatho yeLuzon, naseFormosa ekulungiseleleni kokugcina kwe-  <response>: ukuhlasela iLeyte. Ngo-Okthoba 13, ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa izindiza zaseJapane, i-Conner yavikelwa yi-cruiser eyonakele njengoba yayishiya indawo yesenzo, yabulala izindiza eziningana zesitha ezazama ukuqeda i-Canberra. Wajoyina abathwali bezindiza ukuhlasela iLuzon neYap, futhi wabavikela eMpini yaseSurigao Strait ngo-Okthoba 25 no-26 njengoba beqala ukuhlasela ngemuva kwemikhumbi yaseJapane ebalekela iMpi yeLeyte Gulf. 