<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UMississippi wasekela  <response>: ukuhlasela iLeyte ngo-Okthoba njengengxenye yeqembu lokudubula ngaphansi kukaRear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf. Ukuhlasela kweMelika kwabangela amaJapane ukuba aqale i-Operation Shō-Gō 1, ukuhlaselwa okukhulu kwamasosha asolwandle okwaholela eMpini yaseLeyte Gulf ngo-Okthoba 23-26, impi eyinkimbinkimbi eyayihlanganisa izenzo ezine ezihlukene. Wayekhona eMpini yaseSurigao Strait ngobusuku buka-Okthoba 24, okwakuyingxenye eyodwa yempi. Lapho, imikhumbi yeZizwe Ezihlangene yabhubhisa iJapane Southern Force eyayihlanganisa imikhumbi yempi emidala emibili, umkhumbi owodwa osindayo, nemikhumbi yempi emine; umkhumbi owodwa kuphela waseJapane owabalekela imikhumbi yeZizwe Ezihlangene. I-Mississippi, eyayisenamarada ayo amadala angu - Mark 3, yaba nobunzima ekutholeni umgomo ebumnyameni futhi yadubula isalufu eyodwa kuphela esenzweni sokugcina sempi emlandweni. 