<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngesikhathi siseManus Island, uPetrof Bay wabelwa i-Task Unit 77.4.1, noma uTaffy 1 we-Task Group 77.4, i-Escort Carrier Group. Iqondiswa yi-Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague, yayihlanganisa i-s, eyayiyi-Spragues flagship, i-,,, kanye ne- Casablanca -class escort carriers Saginaw Bay ne Petrof Bay ku-Carrier Division 28, ehlukaniswe kwezinye izinkampani, kodwa namanje ngaphakathi kweyunithi efanayo yomsebenzi. I-Carrier Division 28 yayilawulwa nguRear Admiral George R. Henderson, owayenomkhonto wakhe owawusaphakanyiswa ebhodini Saginaw Bay. Ngo-Okthoba 14, wasuka e-Seeadler Harbor, waya e-Leyte Gulf ukusekela ukuvulwa kokufika  <response>: eLeyte, okwakuzoba ukubuya kwamabutho aseMelika ePhilippines, futhi okwakuzoqala nomkhankaso wasePhilippines. 