Mgbe ọnwa abụọ nke na-aga n'ihu arụmọrụ si Kodiak, Alaska, ọ gara Kiska na Aleutian Islands on August 7, na-amalite bọmbụ nke agwaetiti ahụ. On August 21, ọ screened mbụ American ọdịda na Aleutians na Adak Island. Mgbe ụgbọ mmiri na-arụ ọrụ na Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Honolulu gara site na San Francisco na November 3, 1942, escorting a convoy ka Nouméa na South Pacific. Mgbe e mesịrị na ọnwa, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ nọgidere na-agba ụgbọ mmiri si Santo Santo Islands na United States ruo mgbe mbubreyo May. Mgbe ndị Japan na-aga n'ebe ugwu na Alaska, Honolulu hapụrụ na May 29 iji wusie ike na mpaghara ahụ. Mgbe ọnwa abụọ nke na-aga n'ihu arụmọrụ si Kodiak, Alaska, ọ gara Kiska na Aleutian Islands na August 7, iji malite bọmbụ nke agwaetiti ahụ.
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