 Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Apo I-3 yakanga iri paYokosuka, mushandirapamwe weAleutian Islands wakatanga musi wa 34 June 1942 neKurwisa kwemhepo kweJapan paDutch Harbor, Alaska, kwakakurumidza kuteverwa nekupinda kweJapan muAletuan Islands yeAttu musi wa5 Chikumi uye Kiska musi wa7 Chikumi 1942. Musi wa10 Chikumi 1842, I-1, I-2, uye I-3 vakaendeswa kuNorthern Force kunoshanda muAleutians, uye musi wa11 Chikumi 1942 I-3 yakaenda kumvura yeAleutian mukambani ne I-1, I-2, I-6, uye I-7 kutanga hondo yake yechina yekurinda. Pana 20 June 1942, I-1, I-2, uye I-3 vakabatana neK patrol line muNorth Pacific Ocean pakati peChitatu neChishanu. Akaramba ari pamutsetse wokurinda kusvikira musi wa 3 July 1942. Musi wa 20 Chikunguru 1942, akaendeswa kuAdvance Force ndokurayirwa kuti adzokere kuJapan. Yakasvika paYokosuka musi wa1 Nyamavhuvhu 1942 ndokugadziriswa ikoko. 