Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te wā o te whakaekenga ki Pearl Harbor i te Hakihea 1941, i mahi a "Okinoshima" hei kaipuke rangatira mō Admiral Kiyohide Shima i te Operation "Gi" (te whakaekenga
I whakatūria mai i Jaluit me tētahi Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF) i utaina. Mai i te 9 ki te 10 o Tihema, i tautoko a "Okinoshima" i nga taunga o Hapanihi ki Makin me Tarawa, a i te 24 o Tihema, te hopu o Abaiang. I noho a "Okinoshima" ki Truk i te 1 o Hanuere 1942.