Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin harin da aka kaiwa Pearl Harbor, "Kumano" ita ce babbar jirgi na Mataimakin Admiral Shigeyoshi Inoue's IJN 4th Fleet kuma an tura shi don rufe mamayar Japan na Malaya
a matsayin wani ɓangare na Mataimakin Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa's Na farko Kudancin Jirgin Ruwa na Jirgin Ruwa, yana ba da goyan baya ga saukar sojojin Japan a Singora, Pattani da Kota Bharu.