<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ekupheleni kuka-October, amaJapane ahamba ehlasela ngezindlela ezintathu ukuze agweme ukuhlasela kwePhilippines  <response>: ukuphoqelela ukulwa okunqumayo kwasolwandle. Impi eyalandela kwakuyi-Battle of Leyte Gulf eyayihlanganisa izingxenye ezine, lapho i-Ingersoll neqembu layo lomsebenzi nabo bahlanganyela khona. Lapho u-Admiral Halsey ethumela ingxenye yomkhumbi wakhe eningizimu ukuyohlasela imikhumbi yaseJapane eSamar ngo-25 Okthoba 1944, u-Ingersoll wajoyina iqembu lomsebenzi lika-Admiral Dubose ekufuneni izinsalela ezibalekile zomkhumbi waseJapane. Phakathi nokujaha isikhathi eside, i-Ingersoll yadubula i-torpedo eyodwa ibanga elide, kodwa iqembu alizange lihlasele imikhumbi esindayo yaseJapane eyayisele. 