I whakatakotoria ia i te tau 1944 i te whare kaipuke o Senshu o Kawasaki Ship Building Company, Ltd. hei painga mo te Imperial Japanese Navy ka tukuna i te 8 o Mei 1945. Ahakoa i kii a Hapani i to ratou tuku koreutu
I te 15 o Akuhata 1945, ka haere tonu te mahi ki a ia, a ka oti ia i te 7 o Aperira 1946. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te Allied Repatriation Service ka oti i a ia etahi haerenga whakahoki mai i mua i tana tuku ki te Soviet Union hei utu mo te pakanga i te 28 o Akuhata 1947.