Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa1 Kukadzi 1944, "Fusō" akabva Truk ne "Nagato" kuti adzivise kurwiswa nendege kweAmerica, uye akasvika kuPalau musi wa4 Kukadzi. Vakabva musi wa16 February kuti vatize kumwe kurwiswa nendege. Ngarava dzacho dzakasvika musi wa 21 February paLingga Island, uye "Fusō" akashandiswa ikoko sechikepe chokurovedza. Vhiki rimwe gare gare, Kaputeni Masami Ban akatsiva Tsuruoka. Ngarava yacho yakagadziriswazve muSingapore pakati pa13 na27 April, ndokudzokera kuLingga. Yakaendeswa kuTawi-Tawi musi wa 11 Chivabvu uye yakapa chifukidziro chekomisheni iyo yakatadza kusimbisa Biak Island
pakupera kwemwedzi. "Fusō" akaendeswa kuTarakan Island kure neBorneo kunotenga mafuta mukutanga kwaJuly asati adzokera kuJapan ndokupukunyuka kurwiswa nechikepe chepasi pemvura. Mukuvamba kwaAugust paKure, iye akagadziridzwa nemamwe maradar uye pfuti dzakareruka dzeAA. "Fusō" nechikepe chehanzvadzi yake zvakaendeswa kuBattleship Division 2 ye2nd Fleet musi wa10 Gunyana, uye "Fusō" yakava mureza wechikwata ichi pasi pekutungamira kweVice-Admiral Shōji Nishimura musi wa23 Gunyana. Vakasiya Kure musi wa 23 Gunyana vachienda kuLingga, vachitiza kurwiswa nechikepe chepasi pemvura zuva raitevera, uye vakasvika musi wa 4 Gumiguru, uko Nishimura akatamisa mureza wake ku "Yamashiro". Ngarava dzacho dzakabva dzaendeswa kuBrunei kunotakura mafuta kuitira kugadzirira Operation "Shō-Gō", kuedza kuparadza ngarava dzeAmerica dzaipinda muLeyte.