 Zvisinei, mamiriro ezvinhu akanga achiwedzera kuoma anoreva kuti musi wa16 November 1942, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto akarayira kuti ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzipiwe nokuda kwokutakura zvinhu. Admiral Teruhisa Komatsu, uyo akanga ari mutungamiriri we6th Fleet uye nokudaro ane mutoro wokushanda kwezvikepe zvepasi pemvura, akapindura nokuraira kushandurwa kwezvikepe gumi nezvitatu zvepasi pemvura sezvokutakura. Ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzaiita basa rinokosha, kutakura zvinhu uye vanhu. I-5 yakanga iri imwe yezvikepe zvegungwa zvakashandurwa uye zvakagoverwazve, uye Daihatsu-kirasi yekumhanyisa ngarava yakaiswa musi wa17 Kurume 1943 kuti ikwanise kukurumidza kuendesa vashandi nezviwanikwa mune izvo zvainzi mhashu inotakura mashandiro. Mazuva mapfumbamwe pashure pacho, ngarava iyi yakatanga rwendo rwokutanga rwezvinhu zvipfumbamwe pakati peLae neRabaul. Gare gare, ngarava yepasi pegungwa yakaendeswa kune imwe nzvimbo kuti itsigire varwi vaiva muAleutian Islands. Pakati pezvo, ngarava iyi yakatorawo mamwe mabasa, akadai sokununura vatyairi vemabhomba eMitsubishi G4M akapfurwa nemauto eU.S. musi wa14 na15 Chivabvu. 