Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Mei 1944, i whakatairangahia a Asakura ki te rangatira o muri, a "Musashi" i wehe atu i Kure ki Okinawa i te 10 o Mei, katahi ka haere ki Tawi-Tawi i te 12 o Mei. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te 1st Mobile Fleet, i raro i te whakahau a te Vice Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa, me tana tuahine. I te 10 o Hune, ka wehe atu nga kaipuke pakanga i Tawi-Tawi ki Batjan i raro i te whakahau a te Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki, hei whakarite mo te Operation Kon, he whakaeke i whakaritea mo te American Navy
whakaekenga o Biak. E rua nga ra i muri mai, i te taenga atu o te rongo ki a Ugaki mo nga whakaeke a Amerika ki Saipan, i hurihia tana ope ki nga Moutere o Mariana. Whai muri i to raua tutaki ki te kaha nui o Ozawa i te 16 o Pipiri, i tukuna nga kaipuke pakanga ki te 2nd Fleet a Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita. I te Pakanga o te Moana o Piripi, kaore a "Musashi" i whakaekehia. Whai muri i te hinganga kino o Hapani i te pakanga (e mohiotia ana ko te "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot"), ka hoki mai te Rererangi Tuarua ki Hapani. I te 8 o Hōngongoi, i eke a "Musashi" me tana tuahine ki te 3,522 tangata me nga taputapu o te 106th Infantry Regiment o te 49th Infantry Division ka rere ki Lingga Island, i tae atu ai ratou i te 17 o Hōngongoi.