Rearm? Meaning put in, get gas and fish and head right back out? I'm guessing never.
I think they'd top off (and get parts for any failures that cropped up after a real refit at PH), then head out on patrol, and they'd stop at Midway if they needed on RTB. Some boats were based out of Midway for some patrols, though. Meaning they'd put in at Midway, stay there for a few weeks, then leave again on a NEW patrol.
The double barreled patrols I've read about were all later in the war with advance bases MUCH closer to the front than Midway.
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