<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuhlaselwa kweFormosa, iyunithi likaYarnall laya eningizimu ukuyosebenza eLuzon. Waqapha abathwali ngenkathi izindiza zabo zicindezela amandla aseJapane asuselwa emhlabathini endaweni eseduze ngesikhathi sokwehla eLeyte. Ngesikhathi seMpi YaseLeyte Gulf eyayinezigaba ezintathu eyaphazamisa umzamo wamaJapane wokuphazamisa ukukhululwa kweLeyte eMelika  <response>: I-Yarnall yaqhubeka nokuqapha abathwali bemikhumbi njengoba beya enyakatho ukuyobhubhisa ibutho lika-Admiral Ozawa elalakhelwe ukuthwala izindiza ngaphandle kwezindiza. 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. 