<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukulungiswa sekuqediwe, i-Hovey yahamba ngomkhumbi eya ePearl Harbor ngoJulayi 29 ukuze ibe umkhumbi ohamba phambili weMine Squadron Two uMkhuzi W. R. Loud. Waphuma ePort Purvis esiqhingini saseFlorida, eSolomon Islands, ngoSepthemba 6 njengengxenye yesikrini esiphikisana nemikhumbi-ngwenya ye-Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorfs Western Gunfire Support Group ngemisebenzi eningizimu yePalau. Ngemva kokuzulazula phakathi kweziQhingi i-Angaur nePeleliu naseKossol Passage, i-Hovey yaqala ukuzulazula endaweni yokuthutha ngaphandle kwesiQhingi iPeleliu. Wajoyina i-Mineweeping and Hydrographic Group kaRear Admiral Thomas Spragues Escort Carrier Group ngokuhlasela iLeyte  <response>: 1725 Okthoba 1944. Ngomhla ka-17 waqala ukuhambahamba phambili kwezithuthi ezihamba ngesivinini esikhulu kanye nemikhumbi yokusekela umlilo lapho isondela emabhishi okufika eDinagat Island. Ngemva kokushanela okwengeziwe eLooc Bay naseTacloban-Dulag, i-Hovey yaphindela eManus ngo-Okthoba 25. 