<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Isabelo sokuqala sikaLeBourgeois sasingesokuba yisikhulu sezikhali emkhunjini wezikebhe ezilula, wabe eselwa namaJapane ePacific. Esikebheni i-Columbia wabona isenzo emkhankasweni wasePalau, kuhlanganise neMpi yasePeleliu, nase-  <response>: Umkhankaso waseLeyte, lapho iColumbia yalwa khona eMpini yaseSurigao Strait, eyingxenye yeMpi yaseLeyte 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. 