<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - isabelo sokuqala sikaLeBourgeois sasiyisikhulu sezikhali emkhunjini wezikebhe ezilula, bese silwa 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. I-Columbia nayo yasekela ukuhlasela kweMindoro  <response>: futhi wabamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kweLingayen Gulf eLuzon, lapho ama-kamikaze amathathu ahlasela i- Columbia futhi lapho umkhumbi wanikezwa khona i-Presidential Unit Citation. Ngemva kwalokho, i-Columbia yasebenza ukusekela ukuhlaselwa kweBalikpapan futhi yabamba iqhaza ekuqothulweni kwemikhumbi ngo-1945 oLwandle lwaseNingizimu China. 