Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwaJune, "Yamato" uye "Musashi" zvakare vakakumbirwa sevatakuri vemauto, panguva ino kusimbisa varindi uye dziviriro dzegungwa dzechitsuwa cheBiak sechikamu cheOperation Kon
. Basa racho rakaregwa apo shoko rakasvika kumuzinda waOzawa rokurwisa kwevatakuri vengarava veAmerica paMariana Islands. Panzvimbo pezvo, Mauto Emuchadenga eJapane akarongazve, achiunganidza ruzhinji rwesimba rayo rokurwisa rainge rasara netariro yokuwana budiriro inokosha mukurwisana navaAmerica. Zvisinei, panguva ino, uto rose rehondo reJapan rakanga rakaderera pakuwanda uye ruzivo rwokuzviwanira kuU.S. Pacific Fleet. Kubva musi wa19 kusvika musi wa23 June 1944, "Yamato" yakafambisa mauto eOzawa's Mobile Fleet panguva yeHondo yeGungwa rePhilippine, yakatumidzwa nevatyairi veAmerica "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot". MaJapan akarasikirwa nevatakuri vendege vatatu uye ndege 426; mupiro mukuru bedzi wa"Yamato" wakanga uri kupfura ndege dzeJapan dzaidzoka.