Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mua noa iho i te whakaekenga ki Pearl Harbor, ka tīmata te "I-53" i tētahi paturuhi ki te raki o ngā Moutere o Anambas hei tautoko i te "Operation E",
Te whakaekenga a Hapani ki Malaya. I tiimata nga pakanga i Ahia ki te Rawhiti i te 8 o Tihema 1941 (7 Tihema puta noa i te Raina Raina o te Ao i Hawaii, i tiimata ai a Japan i te pakanga me tana whakaeke ki Pearl Harbor). Whai muri i te paturu kore, ka tae te "I-53" ki Cam Ranh i te rohe o French Indochina i nohoia e Japan.