Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan haka, an saukar da jiragensa sau da yawa a tsakiyar zuwa ƙarshen 1943 kuma an yi amfani da su daga sansanonin ƙasa a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa a Kudu maso Yammacin Pacific. "Zuihō" ya shiga cikin Tekun Philippine da
Leyte Gulf a tsakiyar 1944. A cikin wannan yaƙin na ƙarshe, "Zuihō" ya fi zama abin ƙyama ga manyan sojojin da suka kai hari kuma a ƙarshe jirgin saman Amurka ya cika aikinsa. A tsakanin alkawurran, jirgin ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ɗaukar jirgin ruwa da jirgin horo.