 After receiving emergency repairs at Truk, the ship was sent to Japan for permanent repairs in October.Her conversion and work up completed by the end of June 1942, "Un'yō" made three voyages from Japan to Truk, Saipan, and Rabaul between July and October.From late October to early January 1943, she ferried aircraft from Japan to the Philippines, Palau, the Dutch East Indies and Truk.