Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge mwakpo ahụ a wakporo Pearl Harbor na Disemba 1941, "Okinoshima" na-eje ozi dị ka ụgbọ mmiri maka Admiral Kiyohide Shima na Operation "Gi" (
mbuso agha nke Gilbert Islands) ma tinye ya na Jaluit na Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF) banyere. Site na 9 ruo 10 Disemba, "Okinoshima" kwadoro ndị Japan na Makin na Tarawa, na na 24 Disemba, njide nke Abaiang. "Okinoshima" nọ na Truk na 1 Jenụwarị 1942.