Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Fusō" yakapiwa kuImperial Japanese Naval Academy paEtajima, Hiroshima, kuti ishandiswe sechikepe chekudzidzisa pakati pa 15 November 1942 na 15 January 1943. Musi wa8 June, akanunura vapukunyuki 353 kubva ku"Mutsu" apo ngarava iyoyo yakaputika paHashirajima. Pashure pokutakura zvinhu kuTruk Naval Base muna August, "Fusō" akaita kuti Eniwetok mwedzi miviri gare gare kuti ave panzvimbo yekudzivisa kurwisa kunotarisirwa, kudzokera kuTruk musi waOctober 26. Yakasvika musi wa 21 Kukadzi paLingga Island, uye yakashandiswa ipapo sechikepe chekudzidzisa, isati yagadziriswazve kuSingapore pakati pa 13 na 27 Kubvumbi ndokudzokera kuLingga. Yakaendeswa kuTawi-Tawi musi wa 11 Chivabvu, uye yakapa chifukidzo chekuedza kusimbisa Biak Island.
pakupera kwemwedzi. "Fusō" akaenda kuTarakan Island kure neBorneo kunotenga mafuta mukuvamba kwaJuly asati adzokera kuJapan, achipukunyuka kurwiswa nechikepe chepasi pegungwa. Yakagadziridzwa pakuvamba kwaAugust paKure.