<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuqeqeshwa nokuzivocavoca ngasogwini lwaseCalifornia, i-Muskogee, eyayihamba neqembu le-United States Coast Guard, yasuka eSan Pedro, eCalifornia, ngo-18 Juni 1944, yaya eNouméa, eNew Caledonia, lapho yafika khona ngo-18 Julayi 1944, ukuze ihambele futhi ihambisane neNouméa futhi, ngemuva kokubanjwa kwayo, iHumboldt Bay, eNew Guinea. Ukuqapha imikhumbi engaphansi kwamanzi nokuhlola imikhumbi esebenza ngaseNew Guinea kwakuyizibopho zayo eziyinhloko ngo-Okthoba 1944. Ngo-18 Okthoba 1944 waqala ukuhlola iqembu lesibili lokuqinisa elibhekiswe ezweni elisanda kuhlasela  <response>: Leyte e-Philippine Islands, efika eSan Pedro Bay ngomhlaka-24 Okthoba ukuhlola ukuthutha nokuhambisa imikhumbi ngaphansi kokuhlaselwa kwezindiza eziningi zaseJapane ngenkathi ilinde iqembu lemikhumbi engenamathangi engenalutho ukuhlela indlela yokubuya. Njengoba umkhumbi wakhe wawubuyela emuva ngomhlaka 26 Okthoba 1944, izindiza zaseJapane zaphinde zayihlasela, kanti i- Muskogee yajoyina ekubulaleni izindiza eziningi zesitha. Uhambo lwesibili lokuya eLeyte ekuqaleni kukaNovemba 1944 lwalungajabulisi kangako. 