<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Umkhumbi wabuyela eJapane ukuze ulungiswe maphakathi no-November. Ukuntuleka kukaphethiloli nezinto zokwakha kwakusho ukuthi wayengeke abuyiselwe emsebenzini futhi waphendulwa waba ibhethri elintantayo elivikela izindiza. I-funnel kanye ne-mainmast yakhe yasuswa ukuze kuthuthukiswe ama-arcs omlilo wezibhamu zakhe ze-AA, ezazengezwa ngezinhlobo ezimbili ze-Type 89 kanye nezinsimbi eziyisishiyagalolunye eziphindwe kathathu ze-25 mm. Izibhamu zakhe zangaphambili ezisezingeni eliphansi zasuswa njengesinxephezelo. Kwafakwa ibhodlela elishisa amalahle esibayeni ukuze kufudunyezwe futhi kuphekwe futhi kwafakwa isikebhe esishintshiwe sokuzingela umkhumbi-ngwenya ukuze kunikezwe umusi nogesi; izibhamu zayo ezihlasela izindiza zazingenamandla aphelele futhi zazisebenza kancane kuphela. Ngo - April 20 iNagato yancishiswa yaba yi - reserve. Ngo - June 1945, zonke izibhamu zakhe eziseceleni nengxenye yezikhali zakhe zokulwa nezindiza zathathwa zayiswa ogwini, kanye nezikhali zakhe zokulinganisa amabanga nezibani. Ngakho-ke iqembu lakhe lancishiswa laba ngaphansi kwezikhulu namadoda angu-1,000. Ngo-18 Julayi 1945, umkhumbi owawufihlekile kakhulu wahlaselwa yizindiza zamabhomu eziqhamuka emikhunjini yezindiza kanye namabhomu e-torpedo. I-Nagato yashaywa amabhomu amabili nomcibisholo owabulala amadoda angu-35 futhi wonakalisa izibhamu ezine ezingama-25 mm. Ngo-August 30, ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuzinikela ngokusemthethweni  <response>: , amatilosi aseMelika athatha umkhumbi. 