 "Willmarth" patrolled for three days before getting underway with "Chepachet" again during the forenoon on 20 October, screening sortie for the Philippines, also including "Ashtabula", "Saranac", "Salamonie", "Mazama", and .The TU convoy proceeded north, while American troops splashed ashore on the beaches of Leyte to commence the liberation of the Philippines.