Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Yakagadzwa pakati pa 1942, "Musashi" yakagadziridzwa kuti ishumire sechikepe chikuru cheCombined Fleet, uye yakapedza nguva yasara yegore ichishanda. Ngarava yacho yakaendeswa kuTruk mukutanga kwa1943 uye yakaenda kanoverengeka gore iroro nengarava mukutsvaka kusina kubudirira kwemauto eAmerica. Yakashandiswa kutamisa mauto nemidziyo pakati peJapan nezvitsuwa zvakasiyana-siyana zvakapambwa kanoverengeka muna 1944. Yakaputirwa torpedo mukuvamba kwa 1944 nechikepe cheAmerica chepasi pegungwa, "Musashi" yakamanikidzirwa kudzokera kuJapan nokuda kwokugadziriswa, mukati mayo uto rehondo rakawedzera zvikuru zvombo zvaro zvinorwisa ndege. Akanga aripo panguva yeHondo yeGungwa rePhilippine munaJune, asi haana kuonana nemauto eAmerica epamusoro. Mukati
Muhondo yeLeyte Gulf, "Musashi" yakanyudzwa nemabhomba anofungidzirwa kuva 19 uye mabhomba 17 kubva kuAmerican inotakura ndege yakavakirwa musi wa24 Gumiguru 1944. Vanopfuura hafu yevashandi vayo vakanunurwa. Chikepe chake chakaparadzwa chakawanikwa muna March 2015 neboka revanotsvakurudza rakashandiswa naMicrosoft co-founder Paul Allen.