 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Iye akaiswa pasi sechikepe chevatengesi nechikepe cheUraga Senkyo uye chakatangwa musi wa 12 Gumiguru 1939. MunaSeptember 1941, iye akanga requisitioned ne Imperial Japanese Navy uye kutendeuka kuti webetsero gunboat, Iye muchirongwa Hondo yeGungwa Coral uye Kupinda Tulagimuna May 1942. Musi wa 21 Chikumi 1942, yakanyudzwa nechikepe chepasi pemvura USS S-44 kumavirira kweNggela Islands muSolomon Islands. Vashandi 63 vakaurawa uye vashandi 62 vakanunurwa neJapan minesweeper . 