Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa o te whakaekenga ki Pearl Harbor i te 7 o Tihema 1941, i tukuna a "Asanagi" ki te Wahanga Kaihauturu 29 o te Kaihauturu 6 o te 4th Fleet, i Truk. Ko te kaipuke whakangaromanga i whakamarumaru i nga Moutere o Gilbert
I whakawhiwhia ia ki te mana whakaeke tuarua o Wake Island i te Hakihea 23.