<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mississippi yakatsigira  <response>: kupinda kweLeyte muna October sechikamu cheboka rokurwisa pasi paRear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf. Kupinda kweAmerica kwakakonzera kuti maJapan atange Operation Shō-Gō 1, kurwisa kukuru kwechikepe kwakatungamira kuHondo yeLeyte Gulf musi wa23-26 Gumiguru, hondo yakaoma iyo yaisanganisira zviito zvina zvakasiyana. Akanga aripo paHondo yeSurigao Strait usiku hwaOctober 24, iyo yaiva chimwe chezvinhu zvehondo. Ikoko, ngarava dzeAllied dzakaparadza maJapan Southern Force aiva nengarava mbiri dzekare dzehondo, imwe ngarava inorema, uye ngarava ina dzokuparadza; mungarava imwe chete yeJapan yakapukunyuka ngarava dzeAllied dzakawanda. Mississippi, iyo yakanga ichine maradar ake ekare eMark 3, yakava nechinetso mukuwana nharidzano murima ndokupfura salvo imwe bedzi muchiito chokupedzisira chengarava yehondo munhau. 