Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge mwakpo ahụ na Pearl Harbor, "Shiratsuyu" bụ onye e kenyere na Destroyer Division 27 nke Destroyer Squadron 1 nke IJN 1st Fleet, ma nọrọ na mmiri ndị Japan dị ka akụkụ nke nchebe nke ndị agha agha Japan. Site n'etiti ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 1942, enyere ya aka n'ịgba ndị njem n'etiti Japan na Taiwan, ma n'etiti ọnwa Febụwarị, o so ụgbọelu ụgbọelu gaa Davao wee laghachi Hashirajima. N'ọnwa Eprel, onye na-ebibi ụgbọ mmiri na-eso ndị na-ebu ụgbọelu na Mako gaa Truk, site na ebe ọ sonyeere Admiral Takeo Takagi's Strike Force na
Agha nke Oké Osimiri Coral na 7 ruo 8 Mee. Na ngwụcha ọnwa Mee, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ na-eso ndị na-agagharị agagharị ma laghachi Kure, ebe e kenyere ya Admiral Shirō Takasu<unk>s, Aleutians Guard Force n'oge Agha nke Midway na 4-6 June. N'abalị iri na anọ nke ọnwa Julaị, e zighachiri ya na IJN 2nd Fleet wee laghachi Truk n'etiti ọnwa Ọgọstụ, ebe e si tinye ya n'ọrụ dị ka ụgbọ njem ọsọ ọsọ iji buru ndị agha iji weghachite Makin Atoll mgbe Makin Raid gasịrị.