Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 23 o Oketopa 1944, i te Pakanga o Leyte Gulf
Ko te "Naganami" i ārahi i te 1st Diversion Attack Force a Admiral Kurita. I tēnei wā i āwhina ia ki te whakaora i te hunga ora o te kaipuke, i muri iho ka whakawhiti atu ki te kaipuke whawhai. I whakawātea e ia te kaipuke kua pakaru ki Brunei.