 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Tatsuta yakaiswa pasi musi wa24 Chikunguru 1917 uye yakapedzwa paSasebo Naval Arsenal musi wa31 Kurume 1919. Hondo Yenyika II isati yatanga, yakabatanidzwa muSiberian Intervention, uye yakatsigira mauto eJapan akadzika mhiri kwemhenderekedzo yeChina. Munguva yeHondo yePacific, akabatanidzwa muHondo yeWake Islanduye kupinda muSolomon Islands, New Guinea, Tulagi, uye Hondo yeSavo Island uye Hondo yeNaval yeGuadalcanal. Yakachengetwa mumvura dzomumba dzeJapan kwechikamu chikuru cha1943 pamabasa okudzidzisa. Yakanyura ichienda kuSaipan, NNE yeHachijōjima musi wa13 Kurume 1944. Tatsuta yakarohwa musi wa 10 May 1944. 