On 2 February the schooner was sighted by a Japanese plane which subsequently attacked, causing considerable damage to the vessel as well as destroying one of its lifeboats and causing a number of casualties
यात पहिल्याच दिवशी जपानचे शोहो हे छोटे विमानवाहू जहाज बुडले तर अमेरिकेने एक विनाशिका गमावली आणि एक तेलपूरक नौकेचे मोठे नुकसान झाले.