 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna January 1942, Kasumi akaperekedza vatakuri vendege uye kuenda kuTruk, uye mberi kuRabaul kunofukidza kumharaMauto eJapane paRabaul neKavieng uye kurwisa kwemhepo paLae neSalamaua. MunaFebruary akabva kuPalau kunovhara kurwiswa kwemhepo paDarwin, uye akavakirwa kubva kuStaring-baai muSulawesi, Netherlands East Indies kubva munaFebruary 21. Pakupera kwemwedzi, akanga achiita mapurisa kumaodzanyemba kweJava, achinyudza chikepe chevatengesi musi wa1 Kurume. Kasumi akabva Staring-bay musi wa 27 Kurume kunoperekedza vatakuri vehondo muIndian Ocean raid musi wa 27 Kurume Mushure mekurwiswa kwemhepo kweJapan kuColombo neTrincomalee muCeylon, akadzokera kuKure kunogadziriswa musi wa 23 Kubvumbi. Kasumi akaburitswa kubva kuSaipan musi wa 3 Chikumi sechikamu chevashandi vevashandi muhondo yeMidway. Pashure pacho, iye akaperekedza ngarava dzehondo uye kubva kuTruk kudzokera kuKure. Musi wa 28 Chikumi, akapiwa basa rekuperekedza ngarava inotakura ndege kuenda kuKiska muAleutian Islands pane basa rekupa. Apo anenge kumabvazuva Kiska pa 5 Chikunguru, iye akarova midships kubudikidza torpedo kupfurwa nechikepe chepasi pevhu, izvo akatema uta hwake, achiuraya 10 vashandi. Yakagara ichigadziriswa muJapan kusvika 30 June 1943. 