Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Umi Yukaba" akazozivikanwa zvikuru muchiuto, zvikurukuru neImperial Japanese Navy. Sezvakarongwa kumimhanzi muna 1937 yakava yakakurumbira mukati uyewo pashure peHondo Yenyika II. Pashure
Japan yakakumikidzwa muna 1945, "Umi Yukaba" uye dzimwe "gunka" dzakarambidzwa namasimba okugarisa eAllied. Nokuguma kwekugara, rwiyo rwacho rwatambwa zvikuru mumasangano emauto muJapan, kusanganisira zvinoitwa neJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force.