 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna January 1942, Yūgure yakasunga vatakuri vendege uye kuPalau uye kuAmbonpanguva yekupinda kweNetherlands East Indies, uye aive mutori wechikamu muDarwin air raid ya19 Kukadzi 1942. Zvadaro, akanga yakavakirwa pana Staring Bay, muna Sulawesi kubva iyo akaita escort patrol mishoni kusvikira pakuguma March. Akadzokera kuSasebo Naval Arsenal kunogadziriswa kubva musi wa 22 Kurume kusvika musi wa 15 Kubvumbi 1942. Pakupera kwaApril, akaenda kuTruk sechikamu chevashandi vevatakuri vemhepo uye uye aive chikamu cheAdmiral Takagis simba muHondo yeCoral Sea. 