Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: aiva mumwe weIJN. Yakanga yakaiswa pasi semutakurwi wevatakuri, asi yakatengwa neIJN muna 1941 ichiri kuvakwa uye yakashandurwa kuva mutakuri wendege. Yakapedzwa muna May 1942, ngarava yacho yakabatanidzwa muAleutian Islands Campaign mwedzi wakatevera uye muhondo dzinoverengeka munguva yeGuadalcanal Campaign gare gare mugore. Ndege dzake dzakashandiswa kubva kunzvimbo dzomunyika munguva yehondo dzinoverengeka muNew Guinea uye
Hondo dzeSolomon Islands.