 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwaOctober 1942, Shōkaku akabatanidzwa muHondo yeSanta Cruz Islands, uko Lieutenant Commander Seki akatungamira kurwisa kwechipiri kwaisanganisira 19 Aichi D3A dive bhomba, 16 Nakajima B5N torpedo bhomba uye mapfumbamwe A6M Zero varwi. Kufanana neHondo yeEastern Solomons, rimwe remapoka matatu ekubhururuka chūtai mukati meuto rake rekurova rakatungamirwa naLieutenant Arima. The Zero murwi achiperekedzwa aitungamirirwa Lieutenant Hideki Shingō, uyo aiva murwi dzechikwata mutungamiri Shōkaku. Kurwisa kwaSeki kwakarova Enterprise nemabhomba maviri uye kwakarova rimwe rakanga rava pedyo nokurova nerimwe bhomba rakakonzera kukuvara kwakakomba kumutakuri. Zvisinei, mukati mokurwiswa, Mutungamiri Mukuru Seki akarohwa nezvombo zvinorwisa ndege uye D3A yake yakatsva ndokuputsika. Bhomba rake rakapotsa Enterprise ndokuguma mumvura pedyo norutivi rwomutakuri. 