<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Umkhumbi wabuyela emisebenzini yawo yangaphambilini lapho indlunkulu ye-Combined Fleet ithuthelwa ogwini ngo-September. Ngenyanga elandelayo, wabamba iqhaza eMpini yaseCape Engaño, lapho ahamba khona nabathwali bezindiza baseJapane bezama ukuyenga imikhumbi yezindiza yaseMelika esekela i-United States.  <response>: ukuhlasela iLeyte kude namabhishi okufika. Ngemuva kwalokho, umkhumbi wadluliselwa eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia futhi wahlangana namabutho aseMelika ePhilippines ngoDisemba lapho alimala khona kancane ngamabhomu aseMelika. Ekuqaleni kuka-1945, i-Ōyodo yahlanganyela ku-Operation Kita, lapho yayithutha khona uphethiloli wezindiza nezinye izinto eziwusizo eJapane. Lo mkhumbi walimala yizindiza zaseMelika ngoMashi futhi ukulungiswa kwaqedwa ezinyangeni ezimbili kamuva. Waminza walahlekelwa amadoda angaba ngu-300 ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa izindiza zaseMelika ngoJulayi. Ngemva kwempi, i-Ōyodo yasindiswa futhi yachithwa ngo-1947-1948. 