Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A kasar Sin, shi aiki daga seaplane tenders da kuma cruisers. Daga baya, an yi amfani da shi a matsayin mai bincike don Attack on Pearl Harbor, kuma an sadu da shi a cikin yakin da Amurka Navy ta yi a lokacin yakin Coral Sea
da kuma Midway. An yi amfani da shi a duk lokacin rikici, don sintiri na bakin teku, hare-hare kan kewayawa, haɗin kai, sufurin jami'ai, ceton masu haɗari, da sauran ayyukan, tare da wasu ayyukan "kamikaze" a kwanakin ƙarshe na yaki.