 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Sechikamu cheTatu Battleship Division, Kirishima yakapinda muzvakawanda zvezviito zvekutanga zveImperial Japanese Navy muna 1942, ichipa rutsigiro pakurwiswa kweDutch East Indies yava kunzi Indonesia uye muIndian Ocean raid yaApril 1942. Munguva yehondo yeMidway, yakapa escort kune Nagumos vatakuri vana, vasati vadzokera kuSolomon Islands panguva yehondo yeGuadalcanal. Yakaperekedza ngarava dzinotakura ngarava dzeJapan muhondo dzeEastern Solomons neSanta Cruz Islands, asati aenda nechikepe sechikamu chesimba rokurwisa pasi paAdmiral Nobutake Kondō panguva yeHondo yeNaval yeGuadalcanal. Manheru omusi wa13 November 1942, Kirishima yakarwa nezvikepe zveAmerica uye zvinoparadza pamwe chete nehanzvadzi yake. Muusiku hwaNovember 1415, mune imwe yemakwikwi maviri chete ehondo yehondo yePacific, Kirishima yakarwisa nekukuvadza ngarava yehondo yeAmerica isati yaremara zvakaipisisa neyaitungamirirwa naKaputeni Glenn B. Davis. Kirishima yakapinduka ndokunyura mangwanani-ngwanani aNovember 15, 1942 muIronbottom Sound. 