Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa o te whakaekenga ki Pearl Harbor, i tukuna a "Shiratsuyu" ki te Rōpū Whakangaromanga 27 o te Rōpū Whakangaromanga 1 o te IJN 1st Fleet, a ka noho tonu ki nga wai o te kaainga Hapanihi hei waahanga o te tiaki o nga ope ope pakanga a Hapanihi. Mai i te waenganui o Hanuere 1942, i awhinahia ia ki te kawe waka i waenga i a Japan me Taiwan, ana i te waenganui o Hui-tanguru i kawe i te kaikawe rererangi ki Davao ka hoki ki Hashirajima. I te marama o Paenga-whāwhā, i whakahaeretia e te kaipuke rererangi nga kaipuke rererangi mai i Mako ki Truk, mai i reira ka uru atu ia ki te Kaitohutohu Takeo Takagi's Strike Force i te
Ko te Pakanga o te Moana Korara i te 7 me te 8 o Mei. I te mutunga o Mei, i whakahaeretia e te kaipuke nga kaipuke kaipuke me te hoki ki Kure, mai i reira i whakawhiwhia ki a Admiral Shirō Takasu<unk>s, Aleutians Guard Force i te Pakanga o Midway i te 4 ki te 6 o Pipiri. I te 14 o Hurae i tukuna ia ki te IJN 2nd Fleet ka hoki ki Truk i te waenganui o Akuhata, mai i reira ka tukuna ia hei kawe tere tere ki te kawe hoia ki te noho ano i Makin Atoll i muri i te Makin Raid.