sentences: "Kako" and "Aoba" continued to cover the withdrawing Port Moresby invasion convoy.After refueling at Shortland on 9 May, "Aoba" returned to Kure Naval Arsenal on 22 May 1942 for repairs, and returned to Truk on 23 June 1942, and from Truk to Rekata Bay, Santa Isabel Island, where she was assigned patrols through July.