Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Sangamon" ọzọ anchored na Seeadler Harbor na 1 October. Ụbọchị iri na abụọ mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, o sooro TG 77.4, ìgwè ụgbọelu na-eso ụgbọelu nke
Ndị agha mwakpo Leyte. A na-ekewa ìgwè ahụ, nke mejupụtara ndị na-ebu ụgbọ mmiri 18, na Task Units 77.4.1, 77.4.2, na 77.4.3 (TU 77.4.1, 77.4.2, na 77.4.3), ma kpọọ ya "Taffy 1, 2, na 3", n'otu n'otu. N'oge ọrụ ahụ, ha ga-aga n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Leyte Gulf: Taffy 1, gụnyere "Sangamon", dị n'ebe ugwu Mindanao, Taffy 2 n'ọnụ ụzọ Leyte Gulf; na Taffy 3 n'akụkụ Samar.