<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Njengeyunithi yeSouthern Attack Force, TF 79, uLuce wasuka eManus, e-Admiralty Islands, ngo-Okthoba 11. Phakathi nenkathi  <response>: ukuhlaselwa kweLeyte ngo-Okthoba 20 kuya ku-23, wabhekabheka ngaphandle kwezindawo zokuthutha i-LST enikeza isivikelo somoya. Phakathi kukaNovemba 1 noDisemba 12, uLuce wasuka eManus waya eNew Guinea e-escort nase-ASW patrol, futhi kusukela ngoDisemba 12 kuya ku-27 wasekela i-Huon Gulf, eNew Guinea, imisebenzi yokwehla. Ngomhlaka 27 kuDisemba waqala ukuhlola izithuthi zokuhlaselwa kweLingayen Gulf nokufika. 