 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 20 November 1943, Hondo dzeMakinuye yeTarawa yakatanga nokumhara kweU.S. pazvitsuwa izvozvo. Zuva iroro, mukuru mukuru we6th Fleet, Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi, akarayira Ro-38 uye zvikepe zvegungwa,,, uye kurwisa uto rokupinda reU.S. kubva kumaatoll. Pana 26 November 1943, Takagi akarayira I-19, I-40, I-169, uye Ro-38 kuumba mutsara wekutarisa kuchamhembe kweMakin, ne Ro-38 kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweMakin kumugumo wekumabvazuva kwemutsara. The 6th Fleet akarayira Ro-38 kutamira itsva patrol nharaunda kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva Tarawa musi waNovember 27, 1943, uye musi waDecember 4, 1943 akatumira ake mirairo patrol pakati Tarawa uye Canton Island. Ro-38 haina kubvuma chero ipi neipi yeidzi mirairo. 