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Ved daggry den [[7. april]] passerede den japanske styrke [[Ōsumihalvøen]] og sejlede nu på åbent hav fra [[Kyūshū]] mod Okinawa i syd. De skiftede til en mere defensiv [[Formation (militær)|formation]], med ''Yahagi'' som flagskib. De otte destroyere sejlede ind i en ring rundt om de to større skibe, med en afstand på 1500 meter fra hinanden og fortsatte med 20 [[Knob (fart)|kn]] (37 km/t).<ref>Yoshida, ''Requiem'', s. 47–49</ref> En af de japanske destroyere, ''[[Asashimo]]'', fik maskinproblemer og vendte tilbage. Amerikanske [[rekognosering]]sfly
begyndte at [[Overvågning|skygge]] fartøjerne. Klokken 10.00 vendte de japanske skibe mod vest for at det skulle se ud som om at man trak sig tilbage, men klokken 11.30 vendte de tilbage mod Okinawa, efter japanerne var blevet opdaget af to amerikanske [[flyvebåd]]e af modellen [[Martin PBM Mariner|PBM Mariner]] (som ''Yamato'' havde skudt med sine 460 mm bovkanoner med de specielle [[Beehive (ammunition)#Sanshiki|"beehivegranater"]] ({{Nihongo|三式焼散弾|''san-shiki shōsan dan''}}).<ref name=Hara-277/>
 
At dawn on 7 April, the Japanese force passed the [[Ōsumi Peninsula]] into the open ocean heading south from [[Kyūshū]] toward Okinawa. They shifted into a defensive [[formation (military)|formation]], with ''Yahagi'' leading ''Yamato'' and the eight destroyers deployed in a ring around the two larger ships, with each ship {{convert|1500|m|yd|abbr=on}} from each other and proceeding at {{convert|20|kn|mph km/h|lk=in|abbr=on}}.<ref>Yoshida, ''Requiem'', 47–49.</ref> One of the Japanese destroyers—{{Ship|Japanese destroyer|Asashimo||2}}—developed engine trouble and turned back. U.S. [[reconnaissance]] aircraft began to [[surveillance|shadow]] the main force of ships. At 10:00, the Japanese force turned west to make it look like they were [[withdrawal (military)|withdrawing]], but at 11:30, after being detected by two American [[Martin PBM Mariner|PBM Mariner]] [[flying boat]]s (against which ''Yamato'' fired a salvo with her {{convert|460|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} bow guns using special [[Beehive (ammunition)#Sanshiki (anti-aircraft)|"beehive shells"]] ({{Nihongo|三式焼散弾|''san-shiki shōsan dan''}}, they turned back towards Okinawa.<ref name=Hara-277/>
 
Upon receiving contact reports early on 7 April, [[United States Fifth Fleet|U.S. 5th Fleet]] commander Admiral [[Raymond Spruance]] ordered the shore-bombardment support force under Admiral [[Morton Deyo]]—composed of battleships raised and repaired following the attack on Pearl Harbor—to intercept and destroy the Japanese task force. Deyo moved to execute his orders, but Vice Admiral [[Marc A. Mitscher]]'s [[Task Force 58]] (TF&nbsp;58) preempted Deyo by launching air strikes without orders from Spruance. <ref>Triumph in the Pacific by E.B. Potter, also History of United States Operations in World War II by Samuel Elliot Morrison.</ref>