<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngemva kokuthungatha, i-Killen yahamba ePort Angeles, eWashington ngo-19 August 1944, yahamba nomkhumbi ovela ePearl Harbor futhi yafika eManus, e-Admiralty Islands ngo-14 September. Ngemuva kokuqeqeshwa, umkhumbi wasuka eHollandia ngo-Okthoba 12 neCentral Philippine Attack Force efika eSan Pedro Bay ngomhla ka-20. Ezinsukwini eziyisihlanu ezalandela yanikeza ukusekelwa ngomlilo emini nasebusuku emabuthweni asogwini  <response>: eLeyte, futhi phakathi nesikhathi esiyimizuzu engu-30 ngomhla ka-21 wathula izikhundla ezintathu zomcibisholo wesitha. Lapho uMbutho Wezempi WaseJapane unquma ukuphikisana nokwehla kwemikhumbi eMpini yaseLeyte Gulf, umkhuzi we- Killen wahlangana nesitha eSurigao Strait. Ekuseni ngo-Okthoba 25, ngo-03:25, wasusa ama-torpedo amahlanu ebhekise emkhunjini wempi Yamashiro. Umphumela owodwa, wokulinciphisa ijubane lalo lafika ku - -, wenza amanye ama - destroyer aseMelika akwazi ukuzulazula ukuze abulale. Emisebenzini emikhulu yemikhumbi yaseLeyte, ehlanganisa amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamamayela asolwandle, i-US Fleet yanciphisa iMikhumbi yaseJapane yaba amandla angasebenzi ngaleyo ndlela yasheshisa kakhulu ukuqhubekela phambili eJapane nokuphela kwempi. 