Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - He huringa nui i roto i te pakanga moana i puta i te whakatūnga o te kaipuke rererangi. Tuatahi ki Taranto
i te tau 1940 kātahi ki Pearl Harbor i te tau 1941, i whakaatu te kaipuke kaipuke i tōna kaha ki te patu i ngā kaipuke hoariri i waho o te tirohanga me te whānuitanga o ngā kaipuke mata. Ko te Pakanga o Leyte Gulf (1944) te pakanga moana nui rawa atu i roto i te hitori; koinei hoki te pakanga whakamutunga i whai waahi nui ai nga kaipuke pakanga. I te mutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ko te kaipuke kaipuke te kaha nui o te pakanga moana.