Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wā o te whakaekenga ki Pearl Harbor i te Hakihea o te tau 1941, i mahi a "Okinoshima" hei kaipuke rangatira mo Admiral Kiyohide Shima i roto i te Operation "Gi" (te
I whakaekehia mai i Jaluit me te Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF) i eke. 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.