Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Duk da tsadar sake ginawa, an yi la'akari da jiragen ruwa guda biyu a ranar da ake yakin Pacific, kuma ba su ga wani aiki mai muhimmanci a farkon shekarun yakin ba. Bayan asarar mafi yawan manyan jiragen sama na IJN a lokacin yakin Midway a tsakiyar 1942, an sake gina su tare da jirgin sama wanda ya maye gurbin bindigogi na baya don ba su damar yin amfani da rukuni na jiragen sama. Rashin jirage da ƙwararrun matukan jirgi, duk da haka, yana nufin cewa ba su taɓa yin amfani da jirginsu a yaƙi ba. Yayin da suke jiran rukunin jirgin su, ana amfani da jiragen ruwa na 'yan uwan lokaci-lokaci don jigilar sojoji da kayan aiki zuwa sansanonin Japan. Sun shiga cikin yakin Cape Engaño a ƙarshen 1944, inda suka yaudari jirgin ruwa na Amurka da ke tallafawa sojojin Amurka.
mamayewar Leyte daga rairayin bakin teku masu sauka. Bayan haka an tura jiragen ruwa biyu zuwa kudu maso gabashin Asiya; a farkon 1945 sun shiga cikin Operation Kita, inda suka kwashe man fetur da sauran kayan dabaru zuwa Japan. Daga nan sai aka rage 'yan'uwa mata zuwa ajiya har sai da aka nutsar da su a lokacin hare-haren Amurka a watan Yuli. Bayan yaƙin an yi watsi da su a cikin 1946-1947.