Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Sabuwar mai ɗaukar hoto ta shiga Carrier Division 4, a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Kakuta, tare da "Ryūjō" a ranar 3 ga Mayu 1942. Sun kasance ainihin rundunar Sojoji na 2nd Carrier Strike Force, wani ɓangare na Arewacin Arewa, wanda aka ba da izinin kai hari ga tsibirin Aleutian, wani aiki da aka tsara don kama wasu tsibirin don bayar da gargadi na gaba idan akwai wani harin Amurka daga Aleutians zuwa tsibirin Kurile yayin da aka mamaye babban jirgin ruwan Amurka
yana kare Midway. Rukunin jirgin sama na "Ryūjō" yanzu ya kunshi 12 A6M2 Zeros da 18 B5Ns, da kuma kayan ajiya guda biyu na kowane nau'in. An sauya jirgin zuwa Mutsu Bay a ranar 25 ga Mayu sannan zuwa Paramushiro a ranar 1 ga Yuni kafin ya tashi a wannan ranar zuwa Aleutians.