<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Panguva yeHondo yeMidway, Shirakumo yaiva chikamu che  <response>: Operation AL - kupinda muzviwi zveAleutian. Muna July 1942, Shirakumo yakabva kuAmami-Ōshima ichienda kuMako Guard District, Singapore, Sabang uye Mergui nokuda kwechirongwa chechipiri cheIndian Ocean. Basa racho rakaregwa nemhaka yeGuadalcanal campaign, uye Shirakumo akarayirwa kuTruk panzvimbo. Muna August, Shirakumo yakashandiswa nokuda kweTokyo Express basa rokutakura nokukurumidza muSolomon Islands. Musi wa 28 August, mushure mokunge abvisa basa rokutakura mauto kuGuadalcanal, Shirakumo yakakuvadzwa zvikuru mukurwiswa nehurumende yeAmerica, uye yakasiyiwa yakafa mumvura nekurohwa zvakananga muimba yake yeinjini, kunyange zvazvo vashandi vaviri chete vakakuvadzwa. Akasungwa neDestroyer, achiteverwa neMinlayer kuenda kuShortland Island, uye neTanker Koa Maru kudzokera kuTruk kunogadziriswa kwekukurumidzira, izvo zvakamugonesa kudzokera kuKure musi wa8 Gumiguru. 