Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Oktoba 1944 "Akizuki" ya kasance wani ɓangare na Arewacin Arewa da Mataimakin Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa ya umurta, a cikin harin Japan
a kan sojojin Allied da ke goyon bayan mamayewar Leyte. A ranar 25 ga Oktoba, a cikin yakin Cape Engaño, an nutsar da jirgin, mai yiwuwa ta hanyar torpedo, gabas- arewa maso gabashin Cape Engaño (), yayin harin farko na Amurka a kan Arewacin Arewa. Yawancin kafofin sun ba da bashi ga jirgin sama na Task Force 38, amma wasu suna ba da bashi ga jirgin ruwa.