Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kupedzwa kwechikepe kwakanga kwakarongwa pakutanga nokuda kwaMarch 1945, asi kwakarongwazve nokuda kwaAugust nemhaka yokunonoka. Basa rakaramba richienderera mberi kusvikira musi wa16 March 1945, asi rakamiswa apo iye akanga ari 80% apedza kuisa pfungwa pakuvakwa kwezvikepe zviduku zvepasi pemvura zvaidiwa kudzivirira Japan pakurwiswa kweAmerica. Yakanga yakamira muEbisu Bay, pedyo neSasebo, uye yakapa
ikoko pana 2 September pamwe chete navamwe vose vemauto eJapan. "Ibuki" yakaparadzwa muSasebo Naval Arsenal Dry Dock No. 7 kubva musi wa22 Mbudzi 1946 kusvika musi wa1 Nyamavhuvhu 1947.