 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Hondo yeGilbert neMarshall Islands yakatanga musi wa20 November 1943 nechisimba cheU.S. paTarawauye weMakin muGilbert Islands. Musi wa 21 Mbudzi 1943, I-39 yakagamuchira mirairo yekuenderera kuTarawa pamwe chete nezvikepe zvegungwa,,, uye. Aine ndege inonzi Yokosuka E14Y1 Allied reporting name Glen iri mungarava, yakabva kuTruk parwendo rwayo rwechipiri rwehondo zuva iroro, nenzvimbo yakatarwa yekutarisa kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweTarawa. Iye akashuma musi wa24 Mbudzi 1943 kuti akanga achiswedera kunzvimbo yake yekutarisa, uye musi wa25 Mbudzi zuva rimwe chetero iye akaendeswa kuSubmarine Division 2 muSubmarine Squadron 1 iye akashuma kuti akanga asvika munharaunda yake yekutarisa. VaJapan havana kuzombonzwa nezvake zvakare. 