Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Jirgin ya koma matsayinsa na baya lokacin da aka koma hedkwatar Rundunar Sojan Ruwa a watan Satumba. A watan da ya biyo baya, ta shiga cikin yakin Cape Engaño, inda ta raka masu jigilar jiragen sama na Japan da ke kokarin yaudarar jiragen ruwa na Amurka da ke tallafawa Amurka.
mamayewar Leyte daga rairayin bakin teku masu sauka. Bayan haka, an tura jirgin zuwa kudu maso gabashin Asiya kuma ya shiga sojojin Amurka a Philippines a watan Disamba inda 'yan kunar bakin waken Amurka suka lalata shi. A farkon 1945, "Ōyodo" ya shiga cikin Operation Kita, lokacin da ya kwashe man fetur na jirgin sama da sauran kayan aikin da suka dace zuwa Japan. Jirgin ya lalace da jirgin saman Amurka a watan Maris kuma an kammala gyare-gyare watanni biyu bayan haka. An nutsar da shi tare da asarar kimanin mutane 300 a lokacin hare-haren jiragen sama na Amurka a watan Yuli. Bayan yakin, "Ōyodo" ya sami ceto kuma ya rushe a 1947-1948.