<prompt> Achibatanidza Task Group 77.2 TG 77.2, 29 Mbudzi, muSan Pedro Bay, akaongorora Leyte Gulf uye akapinda muhondo yeOrmoc Bay. Musi waDecember 2, 1944, akabatanidzwa nevanoparadza uye nokuda kwehusiku husiku hwekuwedzera kwemauto emuvengi kumadokero kweLeyte port yeOrmoc. Vaparadzi vatatu vakazviwana vamene vari mumvura dzakaganhurirwa, vakarohwa nokurwiswa kunopfuuridzirwa nemhepo, varwi vaviri vechiJapan, magwa anoverengeka ePT kana kuti zvinokurumidza zvinokurumidza, uye imwe kana kuti mamwe magwa anobuda pasi pegungwa, pamwe chete nemabhatiri omumahombekombe. Mudziviriri wemuvengi akanyudzwa nepfuti kubva mungarava nhatu, asi torpedoed ndokunyudza Cooper nekurasikirwa nevashandi ve191 nevakuru vakuru ve13. Moale yakatambura vakafa vatatu uye vakakuvadzwa makumi maviri navashanu. Allen M. Sumner haana kunyoresa vakafa asi akanga ane 11 vakakuvadzwa. Musi wa 12 December, Moale akachinjira kuTG 77.3 ndokutora nzvimbo yekuongorora nekurwiswa kweMindoro  <response>: simba. Musi wa15 Zvita, akapa rutsigiro rwemoto kumauto uye kudzivirira ndege dzezvikepe munzvimbo yekutakura yeMangarin Bay. Vanozviuraya voga vanenge gumi vakarwisa LSTs dzesimba rokumhara. Kanenge ndege imwe yakapfurwa nevarwi veMoale, asi ngarava mbiri dzakarohwa. Moale akaenda parutivi kuti abatsire kurwisa moto wakabuda, achitambura kukuvadzwa, asi LST yaifanira kusiyiwa ndokunyudzwa. Moale yakatambura rufu rumwe navakuvadzwa gumi navatatu. Moale akatora vapukunyuki 88 kubva kuLST-738 kubatanidza kaputeni wengarava. 