<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-18 Okthoba 1944, i-TF 38 yathatha isikhundla empumalanga yeLuzon ukuqala ukuhlasela ukuvimbela izinkundla zezindiza zesitha lapho ukulungiselela ukuhlaselwa kweLeyte  <response>: ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbili. Ngemuva kokuma ukweseka uma kubizwa ngesikhathi sokufika kokuqala, iqembu le- Cassin Young laqala ukufuna amabutho esitha aziwa ukuthi ahamba ebheke eLeyte Gulf ngo-Okthoba 23, kwathi ngosuku olulandelayo laya eSan Bernardino Strait, lilungele ukuqala ukuhlasela. Ekuhlaseleni okuqine kakhulu futhi okuphumelelayo okwenziwa amaJapane ngesikhathi sokusebenza kweLeyte, ngo-09:38 ngomhlaka-24 Okthoba, ibhomu lesitha lashaya umkhumbi othwala izindiza, futhi uCassin Young wajoyina i-TG 38.3 ukugijimela enyakatho ukuhlasela iJapan Northern Force. Lokhu kwaguquka ngo-Okthoba 25 kwaba yiMpi yaseCape Engaño, uchungechunge lwezibhamu lapho kwacwiliswa khona abathwali bemikhumbi abane baseJapane nomcuphi. 