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The U.S. military pulled out seven destroyers to form an anti-submarine patrol, and from 10/20 October, it conducted uninterrupted patrol in the northern part of the Surigao Strait leading to Leyte Bay. Soon, torpedo boats were sent to patrol the southern and central parts of the strait, thus strengthening the defense here. 10 year 10 On October 24th, after discovering the approaching Japanese southern formation, 39 combat-ready torpedo boats in Leyte Bay were sent to patrol the south entrance of the Strait. Every three torpedo boats are in a group of 1, which are arranged at a certain interval to the south of the destroyer's police velvet and close to the waters of Baohe Sea. On the morning of 24th, Commander Kincaid gave an advance order to the 7th Fleet to prepare for resisting the night attack of Japanese surface warships. Three hours later, he ordered General Oldendorf to send only artillery warships to block the north entrance of Surigao Strait. Kincaid was convinced that the 3rd Fleet was preparing to fight the Japanese fleet attacking from the north, so he sent all the artillery support ships of the 7th Fleet (6 old battleships, 4 heavy cruisers and 4 light cruisers, 2 1 destroyer) to block the Surigao Strait.