Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nguva pfupi pamberi pokurwiswa kwePearl Harbor, "I-53" yakatanga kutenderera kuchamhembe kweAnambas Islands kutsigira "Operation E",
Kupinda kweJapan muMalaya. Kurwisana kwakatanga muEast Asia musi wa 8 December 1941 (7 December mhiri kweInternational Date Line muHawaii, uko Japan yakatanga hondo nekurwisa kwayo Pearl Harbor). Pashure pokuronda pasina chinoitika, "I-53" yakasvika paCam Ranh muFrench Indochina yaigarwa neJapan.