<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I-Wedderburn iphinde yangena echibini lase-Eniwetok ngo-14 Agasti. Lapho, wabelwa kabusha esikrinini esilwa nemikhumbi-ngwenya seqembu lomsebenzi othwala ngokushesha, i-TG 38.2, eyakhelwe i- Intrepid CV-11, Hancock CV-19, Bunker Hill CV-17, Cabot CVL-28, kanye ne Independence CVL-22. Waphuma e-Eniwetok ngomhlaka-29 Agasti ehamba nayo yonke i-fast carrier task force TF 38 ukwenza ukuhlanza okukhulu kweziqhingi eziphethwe yiJapan kubandakanya iPhilippines, iPalaus, ne-Yap Island. I-Wedderburn yavikela umkhumbi-mkhombe ekuhlaselweni ama-submarine esitha ngenkathi ithumela izindiza zayo ezibhekiswe eMindanao naseLeyte, futhi kamuva, eqenjini elincane laseVisayas. Baphinde banikeza ukuhlaselwa kokuqala emoyeni kokuhlasela kwePalau kanye  <response>: Umsebenzi weMorotai. Leyo misebenzi yathatha cishe inyanga yonke ka - September, futhi umshayisibhamu awuzange ungene ethekwini kwaze kwaba ngomhla ka - 28 lapho i - TG 38.2 ifika eSaipan. Ngo-Okthoba 1, yena ne-TG 38.2 bathuthela e-Ulithi esanda kuthunjwa lapho imikhumbi yafika khona ngosuku olulandelayo. Nokho, ngokushesha iWedderburn yaphindela olwandle. I-Task Force 38 yahlangana cishe ngamakhilomitha angama-375 entshonalanga yeMarianas ngo-Okthoba 7 ukuvula iziqalo zokuhlasela iLeyte. I Wedderburn yaqhubeka nokuqapha kwayo ama-anti-submarine ngenkathi abathwali abavikelayo beqala izindiza zabo kuqala ngokumelene ne-Okinawa, bese kuba yiFormosa, futhi ekugcineni amaPhilippine, eshaya izisekelo zezindiza zesitha eLuzon naseVisayas ukuze anikeze i-United States ukubusa emoyeni phezu kweLeyte lapho ukuhlasela kuqala ngo-Okthoba 20. 