Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa15 August 1945, Hondo Yenyika II yakapera na"Jewel Voice Broadcast" yaMambo Hirohito ichizivisa kumiswa kwehondo pakati peJapan neAllies. Vasingadi kubvuma kukundwa, vashandi ve"I-47" vakasarudza kuramba kuzviisa pasi uye kuedza kusvika kuRabaul yeJapan paNew Britain muBismarck Archipelago, kwavaitarisira kuramba vachirwisana. Vashandi ve"I-47" vakakwira muchikepe che"kaibokan" chaiperekedza muchiteshi chengarava paKure ndokutora zvokudya zvacho nepfuti dzinoverengeka nemapfuti. Vakasiya urongwa hwavo pavakakundikana kuwana mafuta akakwana nokuda kworwendo rwokuenda kuRabaul, uye vakasiya "I-47". "I-47" yakazvipira kuvaAllies pana 2 September 1945, zuva rimwe chetero iro Japan
vakazvipa vamene nenzira yapamutemo mumutambo uri mungarava yehondo muTokyo Bay.