 She briefly served as an escort vessel during the First Shanghai Incident of 1932, and was assigned to the IJN 1st Fleet from November 1933.Following the "Tomozuru" Incident of 13 March 1934, all ships of the Japanese Navy were subject to inspection and renovation of design flaws that would put the ship in danger of capsizing.Renovations were begun on "Chōgei" in November 1934 at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal to equip the vessel with new ballast tanks and bilge pumps.