 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Haruna haina kurwisa vavariro dzomuvengi mukati ma1943. Mukupera kwaJanuary 1943, akabatanidzwa muOperation Ke, sorutivi rwesimba rokutsausa uye kufukidza kure kunotsigira magwa okuparadza eJapane ayo akanga achibvisa vashandi kuGuadalcanal. Pakati pa15 na20 Kukadzi 1943, yechitatu Battleship Division yakatamiswa kubva kuTruk kuenda kuKure Naval Base. Kubvira musi wa23 February kusvika musi wa31 March 1943, Haruna yakaiswa muKure Naval Arsenal kuti igadziridzwe, ichigamuchira zvimwe zvombo zvinorwisa ndege zveType 96 uye zvombo zvehondo. Musi waMay 17, 1943, mukupindura kupindirwa kweAmerica kweAttu Island, Haruna yakaenda pamwe chete ne, Third Battleship Division, maviri anotakura ngarava, maviri cruisers uye mapfumbamwe vanoparadza. Mazuva matatu gare gare, ngarava yepasi pegungwa yakawana boka rinoshanda, asi haina kukwanisa kurwisa. Musi wa 22 May 1943, boka racho rakasvika kuYokosuka, uko rakasanganiswa nedzimwe ngarava nhatu dzinotakura ngarava uye ngarava mbiri dzinotakura ngarava; simba racho rakaparadzwa apo Attu yakawira vasati vagadzirira zvakakodzera. Mukati maJune 1943, Haruna yakagadziridzwazve paYokosuka. Musi wa18 September 1943, Haruna yakasiya Truk sechikamu chechikwata chekurwisa kupindurwa kweAmerica kuBrown Islands muMicronesia, asi hapana kutaurirana kwakaitwa uye ngarava yakadzokera kunzvimbo. 