<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni kwakuhlelelwe ukuba umkhumbi uqedwe ngo - March 1945, kodwa kwahlelelwa ukuba uqedwe ngo - August ngenxa yokulibaziseka. Umsebenzi uqhubeke kwaze kwaba ngu-16 Mashi 1945, kodwa wamiswa lapho u-80 esephelile ukugxila ekwakhiweni kwemikhumbi-ngwenya emincane edingekayo ukuvikela iJapane ekuhlaselweni yiMelika. Yayiboshelwe e-Ebisu Bay, eduze kwaseSasebo, futhi yazinikela  <response>: lapho ngo-September 2 kanye nawo wonke amasosha aseJapane. Ibuki yakhishwa eSasebo Naval Arsenal Drydock No. 7 kusukela ngomhlaka 22 Novemba 1946 kuya ku-1 Agasti 1947. 