 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwa1942, Hatsukaze akabatanidzwa mukupinda muNetherlands East Indies, achiperekedza mauto ekupinda kuMenado, Kendari neAmbonmuna January, uye mauto okurwisa Makassar, Timor neEastern Java muna February. Pana 27-28 February, Hatsukaze naDesron 2 vakapinda muHondo yeGungwa reJava, vachitora chikamu mukurwisa torpedo pamauto eAllied. Mukati memwedzi waMarch, Desron 2 yakanga iri mubasa rokurwisa ngarava dzepasi pemvura muGungwa reJava. Pakupera kwemwedzi, squadron yakasunga Christmas Island invasion force, ndokuzodzokera kuMakassar. Pakupera kwaApril, Hatsukaze yakaenda kuKure Naval Arsenal nokuda kwebasa rokugadzira, ichisvika pa 3 May. 