Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 28 Gumiguru 1943 "Guta reCrescent" rakarongedzerwa kupinda muBougainville, mauto anomhara paEmpress Augusta Bay pasi pekurwiswa nemhepo musi wa 1 Mbudzi. Musi wa13, pashure pokunge abatsira kudzinga torpedo bombing attack, akaburitsa mauto anotsigira akaunzwa kubva kuTulagi nePort Purvis paFlorida Island. Achienderera mberi nebasa rake rokutakura nokupazve zvinhu pakati peSolomon Islands, akabatanidzwa mukurwisa kwakasvika paEmirou Island
musi wa 11 April 1944 uye akaudzwa kuGuadalcanal musi wa 30 April kuti agadzirire basa reMarianas.