<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - kwakuyi - Imperial Japanese Navy IJN. Waqala ukusebenza njengomkhumbi wabagibeli, kodwa wathengwa yi-IJN ngo-1941 ngenkathi esakhiwa futhi waguqulwa waba ngumthwali wezindiza. Kwaqedwa ngoMeyi ka-1942, umkhumbi wabamba iqhaza eMkhankasweni weziQhingi zase-Aleutian ngenyanga elandelayo nasezimpi eziningana ngesikhathi se-Guadalcanal Campaign ngasekupheleni konyaka. Izindiza zakhe zasetshenziswa ezisekelweni zomhlaba ngesikhathi sezimpi eziningana eNew Guinea naseSolomon Islands Campaigns  <response>: . futhi. 