 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yehondo kirasi yeAsashio yakashandiswa zvikuru mukudzivirirwa kweCombined Fleet. Arare yakarwiswa ndokunyudzwa kure neKiska Island mukati meAleutian Islands Campaign musi wa5 Chikunguru 1942. Kasumi akakuvadzwawo zvikuru pamwe chete nomumwe muparadzi. Asashio uye Arashio akaperekedza 7th Cruiser Division paHondo yeMidway, uko vose vakakuvadzwa nekurwiswa nemhepo. Kunyange zvazvo dzakagadziriswa ndokudzorerwa kubasa, dzose dziri mbiri dzakanyudzwa muna 1943 apo uto guru rokutakura reJapan rakaparadzwa nendege dzeAmerica muHondo yeGungwa reBismarck. Michishio, Asagumo, uye Yamagumo akarasikirwa muna 1944 muHondo yeLeyte Gulf. Kasumi, wokupedzisira worudzi rwacho kuiswa pasi, akabatira somurindi pakurwiswa kwePearl Harbor uye akabatana nengarava yehondo mukati meOperation Ten-Govachirwa nezvikepe zveAmerica kuOkinawa. Hapana imwe yengarava dzeAsashio-class yakapukunyuka Hondo yePacific. 