<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: SS Hobart Baker yakabatana nengarava dzinosvika zana, TG 77.11, iyo yakanga iri pasi pokutungamirirwa kwaKaputeni J. B. McLean, Ngarava yacho yakachengetedzwa uye yakadzivirirwa nevatakuri vapfumbamwe. Ngarava yacho yakaenda kuMindoro chitsuwa chiri muLuzon yePhilippines kunotsigira  <response>: Hondo yeMindoro. Ngarava yacho yakasvika muPhilippines musi waDecember 28. Nokukurumidza apo konvoyi yacho yakasvika yakanga iri pasi pokurwiswa kunodokuva kusingagumi. Ngarava yePT USS Orestes ndiyo yakatanga kurohwa neKamikaze. Liberty ngarava SS William Sharon yakarohwa, yakava nomwoto mukuru muchivakwa chayo, vashandi 11 vakaurawa, asi yakaramba iri pamusoro uye yakagadziriswa. LST-750 yakanyura gare gare muzuva iroro. Musi waDecember 30 boka racho rakasvika Mangarin Bay mangwanani. Chinangwa chacho chaiva chokuburitsa zvinhu uye kubuda zuva iroro chairo. Kudurura kwakanga kwakanaka kusvikira pa 3:40 p.m., apo vashanu veImperial Japanese Navy IJN Aichi D3A vakatanga kudenha kwokuzviuraya. Ngarava dzinoparadza USS Gansevoort DD-608 uye USS Pringle DD-477, uye USS Porcupine dzakarohwa. SS Francisco Morozan yakakuvadzwa apo ndege yeKamikaze yakaputika pamusoro pechikepe pashure pokunge yapfurwa nendege yeU.S. Navy. SS James H. Breasted yakanyura pasina kurasikirwa navaperekedzi vayo. 