 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa13 June 1944, Admiral Soemu Toyoda akaisa Operation A-GO nokuda kwokudzivirirwa kweMariana Islands. Tone yakapiwa kuC Force yeVice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawas Mobile Fleet, iyo yakaenderera mberi kuburikidza neVisayan Sea kuenda kuPhilippine Sea yakananga kuSaipan. Musi wa20 Chikumi, pashure pokunge ngarava dzehondo nevatakuri varwiswa nendege dzaibva kuvatakuri, uye uye chikamu chikuru chechitsigiro chendege cheJapan chakaparadzwa muGreat Marianas Turkey Shoot, Tone akarega basa neMobile Fleet kuenda kuOkinawa, uye kubva ipapo kuenda kuKure. Paakanga ari paKure kubva musi wa 26 Chikumi kusvika musi wa 8 Chikunguru 1944, Tone akawana mamwe Type 96 25-mm AA, zvichiita kuti huwandu hwayo huve 57. Radar mbiri itsva dzeType 22 dzokutsvaka pamusoro nepamhepo dzeType 13 dzokutsvaka mumhepo dzakaiswawo. Pashure pokutakura mauto kuenda kuOkinawa, Tone yakadzorerwa kuSingapore muna July. 