 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 4 May Tsugaru yakapiwa simba rokupinda raAdmiral Shima reTulagi, yaive chikamu cheOperation Mo kupinda kweTulagi nePort Moresby muNew Guinea. Zvisinei, hurongwa hwekupinda hwakamiswa mushure meHondo yeGungwa reCoral uye Tsugaru yakapiwa panzvimbo ye Operation RY kupinda kweNauru neOcean Island. Basa iri rakamiswawo pashure pokurasikirwa neOkinoshima pana 12 May 1942, uye Tsugaru yakamira paRabaul. 