 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 23 Zvita 1941, CruDiv6 yakatsigira kurwiswa kwechipiri paWake Island umo mauto eJapan akakwanisa kutora chitsuwa ichi mushure meHondo yeWake Island. Muna Chivabvu 1942, kubva kuCruDiv6, Gotō akatungamira chikamu che Main Body Support Force, achipa chifukidzo, pamwe chete nemutakuri wendege akareruka, yeOperation Mo kurwisa, kusanganisira kumhara paTulagiuye kuedza kurwisa Port Moresby, New Guinea kwakaguma neHondo yeGungwa reCoral. Munguva yehondo, ndege dzeU.S. dzakarwisa ndokunyudza Shōhō, nevatyairi veGotō vari kure kure kuti vape kudzivirirwa kweanopikisa ndege kune mutakuri, nekurasikirwa kwe. 