Na faataatia i le 1944 i le Senshu shipyard o Kawasaki Ship Building Company, Ltd. mo le manuia o le Imperial Japanese Navy ma amata i le aso 8 Me 1945. E ui lava na faalauiloa e Iapani lo latou lotomalie e tuuina atu
I le aso 15 o Aokuso 1945, na faaauau ai pea galuega i luga o ia ma na faamaeaina i le aso 7 o Aperila 1946. Na tofia o ia i le Allied Repatriation Service ma faʻamaeʻaina le tele o malaga toe faʻafoʻi aʻo leʻi tuʻuina atu i le Soviet Union o se taui taua i le aso 28 o Aukuso 1947.