Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge mwakpo ahụ a wakporo Pearl Harbor na 7 Disemba 1941, e kenyere "Asanagi" na Destroyer Division 29 nke Destroyer Squadron 6 nke 4th Fleet, dabere na Truk. Ụgbọ mmiri ahụ na-ebibi ndị mmadụ mere ka ndị bi n'Agwaetiti Gilbert ghara ịhụ ha
agha mbuso agha site na 8 ruo 10 Disemba 1941, ma mesịa kenye ya na ndị agha nke abụọ na-awakpo agwaetiti Wake na Disemba 23.