Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe agha ahụ malitere na 8 Disemba 1941 (West Longitude Time), Voge tara ahụhụ abụọ nke ịbụ onye isi ya jidere na ndozi na, ụbọchị atọ ka e mesịrị, na-efunahụ ya na bọmbụ ndị iro mgbe ọ ka nọ na Cavite Navy Yard. Otú ọ dị, Voge gbakere ngwa ngwa site na ihe ahụ merenụ, were iwu nke "Sailfish" (SS-192) (nke a na-akpọbu "Squalus") na 17 Disemba, ma duru ya na njem agha ise na-aga nke ọma n'oge ọnwa asatọ mbụ nke 1942. Ruo mgbe
Agha nke Coral Sea na nke Midway na May na June, n'otu n'otu, naanị ụgbọ mmiri n'okpuru mmiri Pacific dị ka "Sailfish" nwere ike ịlụ ọgụ iji gbochie mwakpo ndị Japan; na ndị agha ha na-aga agha nyere otu ebe na-egbuke egbuke maka ihe kpatara Allied na Pacific.