Na toe foʻi le vaa i Iapani i le ogatotonu o Novema mo le toe faaleleia. Ona o le leai o ni suauu ma meafaitino, na lē mafai ai ona toe faafoʻisia o ia i le auaunaga, ma na liua ai o ia i se vaa o loo opeopea e tetee atu i vaalele. Na aveese le faʻataʻitaʻiga ma le faʻataʻitaʻiga e faʻaleleia ai le afi o lana AA fana, lea na faʻateleina e lua ituaiga 89 faʻapipiʻi ma iva tolu 25 mm fana faʻapipiʻi. Na aveesea ana auupega i luma e fai ma taui. Sa faapipii se boiler i luga o le uafu mo le faʻamafanafanaina ma le kukaina o meaʻai ma sa faʻapipiʻi se vaʻa vaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻavaʻ I le aso 20 o Aperila, na faaitiitia ai le "Nagato" i le tulaga o se vaa o loo totoe. Iā Iuni i le 1945, na aveese uma ai fana lona lua ma le ʻafa o ana auupega e tetee atu ai i vaalele, faatasi ai ma ana masini e iloa mamao ma moli. O lea la, na faaitiitia ai lana ʻauvaa i le itiiti ifo i le toʻa 1,000. Iā Iulai 18, 1945, na osofaʻia ai le vaʻa na faʻapipiʻiina e vaʻalele faʻataʻavalevale ma vaʻalele faʻataʻavalevale. E lua pomu ma se roketi na fasia ai le "Nagato", ma na maliliu ai ni tamāloloa se toʻa 35 ma faaleagaina ai fana e fā e 25 mm. I le aso 30 o Aokuso, i ni nai aso a o leʻi tuuina atu aloaʻia
Na pulea e le ʻauvaa Amerika le vaa.