<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - iCod yathunyelwa olwandle ohambweni lwayo lwempi lwesihlanu ngo-September 18, 1944, eya emanzini asePhilippines. Wenza ukuxhumana kwakhe kokuqala, umkhumbi wezimpahla, uTatsushiro Maru amathani angu-6,886 ngo-Okthoba 5, wayicwilisa. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, yalimaza kakhulu ithangi. Ethintana nomkhumbi omkhulu ngo-Okthoba 25, iCod yaqala ukuhlasela kaningana ngaphandle kwempumelelo. Njengoba yayisebenzise wonke ama-torpedo ayo, yaqhubeka ilandela umkhumbi usuku lonke ukuze ibike ukuthi ikuphi. NgoNovemba wathatha isiteshi sokulondoloza impilo eLuzon, elungele ukuhlenga abashayeli bezindiza abaqhuba uchungechunge lwezibhamu ezikhungweni zaseJapane ezavula indlela yokuhlasela iLeyte  <response>: kamuva kuleyo nyanga. 