 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa1 Kukadzi 1942, Katori yakarwiswa paKwajalein naDouglas SBD Dauntlesses weVB-6 uye VS-6 uye Douglas TBD Devastators kubva kunotakura. Mutevedzeri waAdmiral Shimizu akakuvadzwa mukurwisa, uye Katori yakatambura kukuvadzwa kwakakwana kunoruramisa kudzokera kuYokosuka nokuda kwokugadziriswa. Ngarava yakadzokera kuKwajalein muna Chivabvu, uko musi wa24 Chivabvu 1942 mukuru mukuru mutsva, weSixth Fleet Submarines Vice Admiral Marquis Teruhisa Komatsu, akarayira Captain Sasaki Hankyu chikwata chezvikepe zvidiki zvepasi kuti chiite Kurwiswa kweSydney Harbour. 