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Battle of Leyte Gulf

In late October, the Japanese fleet assembled in Brunei in response to the threatened American invasion of the Philippines. In the morning of 24 October 1944, Vice Admiral Nishimura ordered the launch of Mogami's floatplane to reconnoiter Leyte Gulf. The plane reported sighting four battleships, two cruisers and about 80 transports off the landing area and four destroyers and several torpedo boats near Surigao Strait. In addition, the scout reported twelve carriers and ten destroyers 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Leyte. The Japanese task force was attacked in the Sulu Sea by 26 aircraft from the carriers USS Enterprise and Franklin. Mogami was damaged slightly by strafing and rockets.