<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Isabelo sokuqala sikaLeBourgeois sasingesokuba yisikhulu sezikhali emkhunjini wezikebhe ezilula, wabe eselwa namaJapane ePacific. Ngaphansi kwe- Columbia wabona isenzo emkhankasweni wasePalau, kufaka phakathi iMpi yasePeleliu, nasemkhankasweni waseLeyte, lapho i- Columbia yalwa khona eMpini yaseSurigao Strait, eyingxenye yeMpi yaseLeyte Gulf. Columbia futhi wasekela  <response>: ukuhlasela iMindoro futhi wabamba 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. 