 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Gare gare, Yūbari nevanoparadza vake vakapinda mukutora Rabaul neNew Ireland muSolomon Islands, yakateverwa neInvasion yeSalamauaLaemusi wa8 March 1942. On 10 March, iye akarwiswa vaviri Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless vanobhururuka bhomba kubva vatakuri ndege, izvo scored maviri zvakakomba pedyo-misses kuti akauraya vanoverengeka ake anti-ndege pfuti vashandi. Iye ipapo akanga strafed kubudikidza mana Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat varwi kubva Lexington, izvo akauraya mukuru mukuru wayo uye vashandi vanoverengeka ari zambuko rayo. Mangwanani akatevera iye akarwiswazve nendege dzinobva ku Yorktowns SBD-3s yakaparura mabhegi epfuti pedyo neNo. 2 turret yake, iyo yakaisa matiresi anodzivirira akapoteredza zambuko pamoto, uye F4F-3 strafing run yakaparura mabhegi egasi akachengetwa muchikepe chake chokununura. Mapoka okudzima moto akawana kuti hoses dzomoto dzakanga dziri pfupi zvikuru nemhaka yechikanganiso chokugadzira uye moto wakanga uchityisidzira gomo repamberi retorpedo. Kaputeni akarayira kuti torpedo dziregwe asi gomo racho harina kutenderera nemhaka yokushayikwa kwesimba, kuchimanikidza vashandi kuti vashandise mapulley netambo kuti varase torpedo nemaoko. Mukati mehondo iyi Yūbari yakadzivisa mabhomba 67 uye 12 torpedoes, ichitambura 13 vakaurawa uye 49 vakakuvadzwa. Akaputirwazve mabhomba musi wa 10 Kurume neUSAAF B-17 Flying Fortress mabhomba mana paakadzokera kuRabaul aine mana akapotsa akanganisa kuvhura maburi matatu makuru kumashure kwake. Akadzokera kuTruk kunogadziriswa musi wa 25 March. 