Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'ọchịchọ ikpeazụ iji kwụsị mkpọsa United States iji weghachite Philippines, ndị Imperial Japanese Navy kụrụ azụ na "Shō-Gō" 1, mwakpo atọ na-elekwasị anya na mbibi nke ndị agha amphibious America na Leyte Gulf. Atụmatụ ahụ chọrọ ka osote Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa jiri ụgbọelu ndị Japan dị ndụ dị ka nri iji dọta ndị na-ebu ụgbọelu US nke TF 38 site na beachheads Philippine, na-ekwe ka ndị Imperial Japanese Admirals Takeo Kurita, Kiyohide Shima, na Shōji Nishimura were ndị ọrụ ọrụ mmiri site na San Bernardino Strait na Surigao Strait, ebe ha ga-ezukọ ma wakpo ndị US beachheads. "Iowa" so TF 38 mgbe ha na-awakpo ndị Japan Central Force n'okpuru iwu nke Admiral Kurita ka ọ na-agafe n'Oké Osimiri Sibuyan na San Bernardino Strait. Nsonaazụ ndị a kọrọ na mwakpo ndị a na ọpụpụ nke ndị Japan Central Force mere ka Admiral William "Bull" Halsey kwenye na e mebiwo ike a dị ka otu ndị agha na-alụ ọgụ dị irè; n'ihi ya, "Iowa", na TF 38, na-agba ọsọ mgbe ndị Japan Northern Force si Cape Engaño, Luzon. N'abalị iri abụọ na ise n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1944, mgbe ụgbọ mmiri nke Northern Force fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ n'etiti egbe "Iowa", ozi rutere na ndị Japan Central Force na-awakpo otu ìgwè ndị na-ebu ụgbọ mmiri ndị America na-ebugharị n'akụkụ Samar. Ihe iyi egwu a nye ndị agha America manyere TF 38 ka ọ gbanwee usoro na uzuoku iji kwado ụgbọ mmiri na-ebu ụgbọ mmiri na-adịghị ike, mana nguzogide kpụ ọkụ n'ọnụ nke 7th Fleet na Agha nke Samar emeworị ka ndị Japan laa ezumike nká na "Iowa" jụrụ ime ihe. Mgbe Agha Leyte Gulf gasịrị
, "Iowa" nọgidere na mmiri dị na Philippines na-enyocha ndị na-ebu ụgbọ mmiri n'oge mwakpo megide Luzon na Formosa. Ọ banyere ụgbọ mmiri gawa n'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ n'ọgwụgwụ December 1944.