 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Iye akaiswa pasi panzvimbo yekugadzira ngarava yeOsaka Tekkosho Sakurajima Kojo nokuda kweNippon Suisan K.K. uye yakatangwa muna March 1920. Muna 1921, chiteshi chake chokunyoresa chakachinjwa kubva kuHiroshima kuenda kuShimonoseki; uye muna 1930, kuenda kuTobata. Yakashanda sechikepe chokuredza kusvikira musi wa15 September 1940 apo yakatorwa neImperial Japanese Navy. Kutendeuka kwake kuva anobatsira minesweeper kwakatangwa musi wa25 Gunyana 1940 paMako Naval Base uye yakapedzwa musi wa15 Mbudzi 1940. Yakagoverwa kuSasebo Guard Force kusvikira 1 September 1941 apo yakapiwa kuSouthern Expeditionary Fleet yakarongwa kupinda uye kutora French Indochinana Reserve Lieutenant Nagahashi Kimata 長橋喜間太 semutungamiriri wake. Akapedza nguva yake yakawanda achifambisa, achiita anti-submarine uye escort basa pakati pezvikepe zveSai Kung, Hong Kong, uye Cam Ranh Bay. 