Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwehondo musi wa 8 Zvita 1941 (West Longitude Nguva), Voge akatambura kunyadziswa kaviri kwekuva 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 kuHondo dzeGungwa reCoral
uye yeMidway muna May naJune, zvichiteerana, ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzePacific Fleet bedzi dzakafanana ne"Sailfish" dzakakwanisa kurwisana kudzivisa kurwisa kweJapan; uye mapato avo ehondo akagovera nzvimbo imwe chete yakajeka nokuda kwechinangwa cheAllied muPacific.