Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Mayu 1944, Asakura ya zama babban hafsan soji kuma "Musashi" ya bar Kure zuwa Okinawa a ranar 10 ga Mayu, sannan zuwa Tawi-Tawi a ranar 12 ga Mayu. An sanya ta a cikin Rundunar Sojoji ta 1st, a karkashin jagorancin Mataimakin Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa, tare da 'yar uwarta. A ranar 10 ga Yuni, jiragen ruwan sun tashi daga Tawi-Tawi zuwa Batjan a karkashin jagorancin Mataimakin Admiral Matome Ugaki, a shirye-shiryen Operation Kon, wani shirin da aka tsara game da Amurka.
mamayewar Biak. Bayan kwana biyu, lokacin da kalmar ta kai Ugaki game da hare-haren Amurka a kan Saipan, an karkatar da sojojinsa zuwa tsibirin Mariana. Bayan sun haɗu da babban ƙarfin Ozawa a ranar 16 ga Yuni, an sanya jiragen yaƙi zuwa Mataimakin Admiral Takeo Kurita na 2nd Fleet. A lokacin yakin Philippine Sea, "Musashi" ba a kai hari ba. Bayan mummunar nasarar Japan a cikin yaƙin (wanda aka fi sani da "Babban Marianas Turkey Shoot"), Jirgin Ruwa na Biyu ya koma Japan. A ranar 8 ga Yuli, "Musashi" da 'yar uwarta sun shiga mutane 3,522 da kayan aiki na Rundunar Sojoji ta 106 na Rundunar Sojoji ta 49 kuma suka tashi zuwa tsibirin Lingga, inda suka isa ranar 17 ga Yuli.