Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa9 Ndira 1942, "Jintsū" akabva kuDavao achienda kunopinda muCelebes, achiperekedza zvikepe zvinotakura zvinhu zvine Sasebo No. 1 Combined Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF). Musi wa 17 Ndira, Kawanishi E7K2 "Alf" reconnaissance floatplane yakatangwa kubva ku "Jintsū" yakadonhedza chiDutch Lockheed Hudson light bomber pedyo neMenado, asi yakadonhedzwa pachayo isati yadzoka. Mukutanga kwaFebruary, "Jintsū" yakapiwa basa rokurwisa Ambon, ichiteverwa neDutch nePortuguese Timor
uye Java yokumabvazuva. Pana 20 February, apo kure Alor Island, iye vakabudirira akarwisa American yepasi pemvura.