Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko ngā kaipuke pūkaha pūkaha e pupuhi ana i muri i te whiu i tō rātou ūnga i whakamahia e ngā kaipuke o Itari me ngā kaipuke o Hapanihi i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. Ko nga kaipuke MTM momo Itari i patu, i whara i te kaipuke HMS "York" me te kaipuke hinu Norwegian i Suda Bay
i te tau 1941, i te wā i whakangaromia ai e ngā kaipuke whakamomori a Shinyo ētahi waka ā-motu a US i te Pacific Theatre of operations i te tau 1945.