Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga kwehondo musi wa 8 Zvita 1941 (West Longitude Nguva), Voge akatambura kunyadziswa kaviri kwekuve nekutungamira kwake kwakabatwa mukuvandudza uye, mazuva matatu gare gare, kwekurasikirwa naye kumabhomba emuvengi achiri kuCavite Navy Yard. Voge, zvisinei, akakurumidza kupora kubva pakurohwa ikoko, akatora murairo we "Sailfish" (SS-192) (yaimbonzi "Squalus") musi wa 17 December, uye akaitungamirira pamatanho mashanu ehondo anobudirira mukati memwedzi misere yokutanga ya1942. Kusvikira
Hondo dzeGungwa reCoral uye dzeMidway muna May naJune, zvichiteerana, ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzePacific Fleet dzakadai se"Sailfish" dzakakwanisa kurwisana kuti dzitadzise kurwisa kweJapan; uye mapurisa avo ehondo akagovera nzvimbo imwe chete yakajeka yechinangwa cheAllied muPacific.