<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - isabelo sokuqala sikaLeBourgeois sasiyisikhulu sezikhali emkhunjini wezikebhe ezilula, bese silwa namaJapane ePacific. Esikebheni i - Columbia wahlanganyela empini yasePalau, kuhlanganise neMpi yasePeleliu, nasempini yaseLeyte  <response>: , lapho i- Columbia yalwa khona eMpini yaseSurigao Strait, eyingxenye ye- Battle of Leyte Gulf. I Columbia nayo yasekela ukuhlaselwa kweMindoro futhi yabamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kweLingayen Gulf eLuzon, lapho ama-kamikaze amathathu ahlasela i Columbia futhi umkhumbi wanikezwa i-Presidential Unit Citation. Ngemva kwalokho, i-Columbia yasebenza ukusekela ukuhlaselwa kweBalikpapan futhi yabamba iqhaza ekuqothulweni kwemikhumbi ngo-1945 oLwandle lwaseNingizimu China. 