Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1934 Kugadzirisa kwakaendeswa kune basa rekufamba nechikepe, pakutanga semutungamiriri weChina-based. Muna 1944-1945 akatungamirira ngarava inorema, achiwana Muchinjikwa weNavy nokuda kwechiito chake muHondo yeSurigao Strait
. Pashure peHondo Yenyika II Mutevedzeri waAdmiral Settle akabata kugadzwa kweNavy muUnited States yekondinendi uye mhiri kwemakungwa, uye akapomerwa mabasa anotangira pakugovera rubatsiro rwenyika kuGreece neTurkey kuita miedzo yenyukireya muzvitsuwa zveAleutian.