Many ships were damaged in the furious naval and air actions which accompanied the Leyte, and later the Lingayen, operations. "Cable's" essential services aided many; she made seaworthy again in only two days after the destroyer had flooded from the 19 shell hits received in the Battle of Surigao Strait. Such duty in San Pedro Bay and Lingayen Gulf was followed by assignment to harbor clearance at Manila through the spring of 1945.