Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 2 August 1943, paakanga achidzoka kubva ku"Tokyo Express" usiku hwokusimbisa basa muSolomon Islands
, muparadzi wechiJapan "Amagiri" akaona zvikepe zveUSN PT zviri kure nemamita anenge 1.000. Panzvimbo pokuzarura moto - uye kupa nzvimbo yavo - kaputeni wengarava inoparadza, Mutevedzeri Mukuru Mukuru Kohei Hanami, akatendeuka kuti adzivise ndokuvhara murima pa30 knots. Muparadzi wechiJapan anononoka, asinganyanyi kufambisa zvinhu akasunda ndokupwanya "PT-109", yaitungamirirwa naLt. John F. Kennedy.