Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - "Tennessee" uye matatu "New Mexico" -kirasi yehondo yakasimuka musi wa 15 Kurume sechikamu cheboka rebasa raisanganisira vatakuri vaviri vekuperekedza uye gumi nevashanu vanoparadza. Boka racho raiva nechinangwa chechiteshi cheJapan paKavieng kuchamhembe kweNew Ireland, chikamu cheBismarck Archipelago. Kurwiswa kwacho kwaiva rutivi rwomugumo weOperation Cartwheel, chirongwa chokuparadzanisa nokusavhiringidza hwaro hukuru hweJapan paRabaul; nepo boka re"Tennessee" rakapamba Kavieng sokutsausa, mauto omumvura aizoenda kuEmirou
. Nzvimbo yendege yaizovakwa ipapo kupedza kukomba Rabaul.