<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Phakathi neMpi YaseMidway, iShirakumo yayiyingxenye  <response>: I-Operation AL - ukuhlasela okuphambukisayo kweziqhingi zase-Aleutian. NgoJulayi 1942, i- Shirakumo yasuka e-Amami-Ōshima yaya eMako Guard District, eSingapore, eSabang naseMergui lapho yayizohlasela khona okwesibili. Lo msebenzi wakhanselwa ngenxa yomkhankaso waseGuadalcanal, futhi uShirakumo wayalelwa ukuba aye eTruk esikhundleni salokho. Ngo-Agasti, i-Shirakumo yasetshenziselwa imisebenzi yezokuthutha ngesivinini esiphezulu eTokyo Express eSolomon Islands. Ngo-Agasti 28, ngemuva kokuphazamiseka komsebenzi wokuthutha amabutho eGuadalcanal, iShirakumo yalimala kakhulu ekuhlaselweni ngamabhomu aseMelika, futhi yashiywa ifile emanzini ngokushaywa ngqo egumbini layo lenjini, yize kunabasebenzi ababili kuphela abalimele. Wadonswa ngumshayisibhamu, walandelwa yi-minelayer waya eSortland Island, futhi wathunyelwa ngethangi Koa Maru emuva eTruk ukuze alungiswe ngokuphuthumayo, okwamenza wakwazi ukubuyela eKure ngo-8 Okthoba. 