<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kokuhlasela kwaseFormosa, iyunithi likaYarnall laya eningizimu ukuze lisebenze eLuzon. Waqapha abathwali ngenkathi izindiza zabo zicindezela amandla aseJapane asuselwa emhlabathini endaweni eseduze ngesikhathi sokwehla eLeyte. Phakathi neMpi YaseLeyte Gulf eyayihlanganisa izigaba ezintathu eyaphazamisa umzamo wamaJapane wokuhlukanisa amaMelika  <response>: ekukhululweni kweLeyte, i-Yarnall yaqhubeka nokuqapha abathwali bemikhumbi njengoba babejaha beya enyakatho ukuyobhubhisa ibutho lika-Admiral Ozawa eliyimbudumbudu elalakhelwe abathwali bezindiza abangenazindiza. Ngemuva kokuphothula ngempumelelo lowo msebenzi, i-TF 38 yenza i-fueling rendezvous ngomhlaka 30 no-31 Okthoba yabe isiqala kabusha umsebenzi wayo wokushaya izikhungo zesitha eLuzon. 