<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Alabama yakatsigira  <response>: vachimhara paLeyte musi wa15 Gumiguru vasati vadzokera kumuchengeti wekutakura kuti avaperekedze kune imwe nhevedzano yekurwisa kwemhepo pazvitsuwa muPhilippines musi wa21 Gumiguru, zvino zvava kuendeswa kuTG 38.4. Kuburuka paLeyte kwakatungamira mukumisikidzwa kweOperation Shō-Gō 1, kupindura kwakarongwa kweJapan navy kune Allied landing muPhilippines. Urongwa hwacho hwaiva hwekuita basa rakaoma nemapoka matatu akasiyana: 1st Mobile Fleet, yava kunzi Northern Force pasi peVice Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa, Center Force pasi peVice Admiral Takeo Kurita, uye Southern Force pasi peVice Admiral Shōji Nishimura. Vatakuri vengarava vaOzawa, vakanga vasisina ndege dzavo dzakawanda, vaifanira kushanda sechinhu chokunyengedza ngarava dzehondo dzaKurita naNishimura, idzo dzaifanira kushandisa kutsausa pfungwa kuti dzirwise ngarava dzokupinda zvakananga. 