 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekudzokera kuchikepe muna Kubvumbi 1944, akatora chikamu mumushandirapamwe weMariana nePalau Islands, achirwisa Saipan uye achibatsira kudzivirira ngarava panguva yeHondo yeGungwa rePhilippine. Zvinetso zveinjini zvakamutadzisa kutora chikamu muHondo yePeleliu munaGunyana, asi aivapo paHondo dzeIwo Jimauye Okinawa muna 1945. Muchiito chokupedzisira, akapfura pasi vanoverengeka vevaiti vezvibhakera. Pashure pokuzviisa pasi kweJapan muna August, akaendesa varume kuuto rokurwisa asati adzokera kuUnited States muna September. Mushure mokugadziriswa kwekupedzisira, akaiswa muzvigadziro uye akaramba asina kushanda muzvinyorwa zveNavy kusvikira muna 1962 paakarohwa kubva kuNaval Vessel Register uye akatengeswa kuti aputse gore rakatevera. 