Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yakagadzwa pakati pa1942, "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 meHondo yeLeyte Gulf
, "Musashi" yakanyudzwa ne 19 torpedo uye 17 mabhomba akarohwa kubva kuAmerican inotakura ndege yakavakirwa musi wa 24 Gumiguru 1944. Vanopfuura hafu yevashandi vayo vakanunurwa. Chikepe chake chakaparadzwa chakawanikwa muna March 2015 neboka revanotsvakurudza rakashandiswa naMicrosoft co-founder Paul Allen.