Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Oketopa 1944 ko "Akizuki" he wāhanga o te Northern Force i whakahaeretia e Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa, i te whakaekenga a Hapanihi ki nga ope Allied e tautoko ana i te
te whakaekenga o Leyte. I te 25 o Oketopa, i te Pakanga o Cape Engaño, i whakangaromia te kaipuke, na te torpedo, i te rawhiti-north-rawhiti o Cape Engaño (), i te wa o te whakaeke rererangi tuatahi a te US ki te Northern Force. Ko te nuinga o ngā pūtake e tuku ana i te tukinga ki ngā waka rererangi o Task Force 38, engari ko ētahi e tuku ana i te kaipuke moana.