Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa10 Chikumi, Battleship Division 1 yakabva Tawitawi kuenda kuBatjan kugadzirira Operation Kon, kurwisa kwakarongwa kurwisa kupindirwa kweAmerica kweBiak
. Mazuva matatu gare gare, apo Admiral Soemu Toyoda, mutungamiri mukuru weCombined Fleet, akaudzwa nezvekurwiswa kweAmerica paSaipan, Operation Kon yakamiswa uye simba raUgaki rakatsaurirwa kuMariana Islands. Ngarava dzehondo dzakasangana nesimba guru raOzawa musi wa 16 Chikumi. Mukati meHondo yeGungwa rePhilippine, "Nagato" akaperekedza vatakuri vendege, uye mutakuri wechiedza. Akapfura 41 cm Type 3 "Sankaidan" inopisa anti-aircraft shrapnel shells kune ndege kubva kune mutakuri wechiedza airwisa "Jun'yō" uye akataura kuti akapfura pasi maviri Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo mabhomba. Ngarava yacho yakapfurwa nendege dzeAmerica muhondo yacho, asi haina kukuvadzwa uye haina kurasikirwa. Munguva yehondo "Nagato" akanunura vakapona kubva ku "Hiyō" avo vakaendeswa kune anotakura mushure mokunge ngarava yacho yasvika Okinawa musi wa 22 June. Akaenderera mberi kuenda kuKure kwaakaiswazve mamwe maradar uye pfuti dzakareruka dzeAA. Undocked musi wa 8 Chikunguru, "Nagato" akatakura regiment ye28th Infantry Division zuva rakatevera ndokuvaendesa kuOkinawa musi wa 11 Chikunguru. Yakasvika kuLingga ichipfuura neManila musi wa20 Chikunguru.