<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuongorora 7th Fleet flagship panguva yekupinda kweLeyte Gulf  <response>: , Mullany akapfurwa kuti abatsire kudzinga mapfumbamwe akapatsanurwa emhepo yenhamo kubva muna 20 kusvika 29 Gumiguru, akabva aenda kunovandudzwa kuSan Francisco. Pashure pokudzidziswa pedyo Hawaii muna January 1945, iye akabatana Task Force 54 TF 54 nokuda nechisimba Iwo Jima, iyo iye akaperekedza mauto anotakura. Mushure mekupfura mu preinvasion bombardment, akatsigira mauto kumhara uye kurwira kumahombekombe, achirova mapako uye zvidhoma zvidhoma paGomo Suribachi musi waFebruary 19. 