 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - I-1 yakanga iri J1 rudzi rwepasi pemvura yeJapan Imperial Navy. Yakanga iri ngarava huru yepasi pemvura ine simba rinokwana matani 2.135 uye yaiva chikwata chikuru chemidziyo yepasi pemvura ina yekirasi yayo. Yakagadzwa muna 1926, yakashanda muHondo yechipiri yeChina neJapan uye Hondo Yenyika II. Munguva yokurwisana kwokupedzisira akavhiyiwa kutsigira kurwiswa Pearl Harbor, akaita Anti-kutumira patrol muIndian Ocean, uye akatora chikamu Aleutian Islands danidziro uye Guadalcanal danidziro. Muna January 1943, mukati mokubviswa kweGuadalcanal navaJapan, Operation Ke, Royal New Zealand Navy minesweeper corvettes uye akamubata, uye akaparadzwa paKamimbo Bay pamhenderekedzo yeGuadalcanal mushure mekurwisana kwepasi. 