The ship was lightly damaged by American carrier aircraft during the airstrike on Kure on 24 July. The ship was turned over to Allied forces at Kure at the time of the surrender of Japan on 2 September and was stricken from the navy list on 5 October. The destroyer was disarmed and used to repatriate Japanese personnel in 1945–1947. "Hagi" was turned over to Great Britain on 16 July of the latter year and subsequently broken up.