 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Somugumisiro wokushaya simba kweNorthern Fleet uye kukosha kweArctic convoys yeHondo Yenyika II, Stavka akasarudza kutamisa ngarava dzakawanda dzemazuva ano kubva kuPacific kuenda kuNorthern Fleet muna Chivabvu 1942; izvi zvakarairwa naPeoples Commissar weNavy Admiral Nikolay Kuznetsov musi wa18 Chikumi. Razyaryonny nehanzvadzi dzake uye, pamwe chete nemutungamiriri wemhondoro, zvakarongwa kuendeswa kuNorthern Fleet seExpedition of Special Purpose EON-18, kekutanga nguva iyo ngarava dzehondo dzeSoviet dzaizoshandisa nzira yekuchamhembe kweGungwa kuti dzifume kubva kumabvazuva kuenda kumadokero. Razyaryonny akanga ane chimiro chake chakasimbiswa nechando mukati meJune naJuly, achibva kuVladivostok neEON-18 musi wa15 July. Paaiva muProvidence Bay musi wa 30 July, imwe yezvikwiriso zvayo yakasungwa, ichikuvadza zvikuru mashizha ayo. Yakatsiviwa nechimwe chakabva kuRazumny mukati mevhiki, asi kukurumidza kwake kwaifanira kuderedzwa kusvika ku5 nokuda kwokudengenyeka kwakabva kune rimwe propeller shaft. Vakatangazve rwendo rwavo, boka racho rakapinda muGungwa reChukchi, uko musi wa17 August Razyaryonny akabatwa pakati pemakomo echando, achida kubudiswa ne Mikoyan uye Kaganovich. Yakanga ichidhonzwa neBaku nokuda kwenzira yakawanda kubva kuAmbarchik kuenda kuDikson, uko sikuruu yaro yokuruboshwe yakatsiviwa uye sikuruu yakarurama yakabviswa. Nechigadziko chimwe bedzi muparadzi akanga achiri kukwanisa kuita. Mushure mokunge boka racho rasvika kuKola Bay musi wa14 October, Razyaryonny akaiswa muchiteshi chinotenderera paCape Abram-Karg, kwaakagadziriswa pakutanga kwa1943. 