Ka cika wannan magana: Bayan harin da aka kai a kan Pearl Harbor, Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Ruwa ta Amirka ta tilasta mata ta shiga aikin soja, tare da sauran jiragen ruwan fasinjoji na Matson "Lurline", "Matsonia", "Mariposa" da "Monterey", da kuma jiragen ruwa masu ɗauke da kaya na Matson guda 33. Amurka ta ba da "Manoa" ga Tarayyar Soviet a 1943 a matsayin wani ɓangare na Shirin Ba da Lamuni. Sun sake masa suna "Balkhash" (lambar Soviet M-11744), wanda ya maye gurbin jirgin ruwa mai suna iri daya wanda sojojin saman Jamus suka nutsar a lokacin yakin basasa na Soviet.
kwashewa daga Tallinn, Estonia. Aƙalla sau biyu Soviets sun yi amfani da shi a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II don jigilar fursunonin Estonia zuwa Gulag.