 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Ushio aive chikamu chevashandi vevatakuri vendege uye panguva yekurwiswa kwemhepo kuAmbon. Iye akanga gare gare aiva chikamu escort nokuda cruisers uye panguva Japanese nechisimba kumabvazuva Netherlands East Indies. Musi wa 2 Kurume, muhondo yeGungwa reJava, Ushio akabatsira pakurwisa ngarava yepasi pemvura, nemapurisa akadzika uye akatora vapukunyuki makumi mashanu nevapfumbamwe. Yakadzokera kuYokosuka Naval Arsenal nokuda kwekugadziriswa pakupera kwaMarch. 