 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure penguva pfupi yokugadziridza paPearl Harbor, Sculpin aitungamirirwa naFred Connaway akabva kuHawaii musi wa5 November 1943. Yakarayirwa kuti itarise kuchamhembe kweTruk, yaifanira kuvhiringidza uye kurwisa mauto eJapane achisiya Truk kuti arwise kupinda kweTarawa kwaizouyamuzvitsuwa zveGilbert. Sculpin nedzimwe ngarava mbiri dzepasi pemvura dzaifanira kuumba boka remapere kuti riite kurwisa kwakarongeka kumuvengi, nechimwe kana kuti nezvimwe. Kaputeni John P. Cromwell, uyo akanga audzwa zvizere nezvokushanda kweTarawa uye akanga ari mumufananidzo pana, akanga ari mungarava yeSculpin kuti aite mabasa evarume vemapoka. 