 Akasiya nzvimbo musi wa19 Mbudzi kuti atore chikamu mumushandirapamwe weGilbert neMarshall Islands, achiperekedza vatakuri vebasa TG 50.2, zvakare vari pamwe ne Indiana uye North Carolina, iyo yakaita nhevedzano yekurwiswa kwemhepo pa Makin, Tarawa, uye Abemama muGilbert Islands. Aya mabasa akanga ari mukutsigira kumhara paTarawa naMakin, zvose zviri zviviri kuderedza dziviriro dzeJapan pazvitsuwa uyewo kuparadzanisa varwi veJapan kubva kumasimba pazvitsuwa zviri pedyo izvo zvingave zvichikwanisa kuzvisimbisa kana kutanga kurwisa. Musi waDecember 8, akatora chikamu mukuputika kwemaJapan kuNauru. Nokuda kwebasa racho, iye akaparadzaniswa kuti aumbe TG 50.8 pasi pekutungamirirwa kweRear Admiral Willis Lee, pamwe chete ne North Carolina, Indiana,, uye uye vanoverengeka vanoparadza vanoparadza. 