 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1944mushure mekusimudzirwa kwakakura kwemidziyo inopesana nendege uye yechipiri bhatiriYamato yakabatana neChipiri Fleet muHondo yeGungwa rePhilippine, ichishanda sevatakuri kuJapan Carrier Division. Muna Gumiguru 1944, sechikamu cheMutevedzeri-Admiral Takeo Kuritas Center Force yeHondo yeLeyte Gulf, akashandisa zvombo zvake zvemauto kurwisa chikepe chemuvengi kwenguva imwe chete, achibatsira kunyudza mutakuri weAmerica anotakura uye mutakuri asati amanikidzwa kure ne torpedoes kubva, iyo yakamuisa kunze kwekurwa. Yakakuvadzwa zvishoma paKure muna March 1945, ngarava yacho yakabva yadzorerwa zvombo kuti igadzirire kushanda. Yamato yakashandiswa nemaune pakuzviuraya sechikamu cheOperation Ten-Go, 