Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kafin harin da aka kaiwa Pearl Harbor, "I-53" ya fara sintiri a arewacin tsibirin Anambas don tallafawa "Operation E", mamayewar Japan na Malaya
Ka yi haƙuri. An fara tashin hankali a Gabashin Asiya a ranar 8 ga Disamba, 1941 (7 ga Disamba a ƙetaren Layin Kwanan Duniya a Hawaii, inda Japan ta fara yaƙi da harin ta a Pearl Harbor). Bayan da aka yi ba tare da wata matsala ba, "I-53" ya isa Cam Ranh a cikin Jafananci na Indochina na Faransa.