Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: klas "Mutsuki" mejupụtara 5th na 6th Destroyer Squadrons. "Mutsuki" na "Kisaragi" sonyere na Agha nke Wake Island na mbido agha ahụ, n'oge ahụ "Kisaragi" furu efu n'ihi bọmbụ ụgbọ elu. Ụgbọ mmiri iri na otu ndị fọdụrụnụ sonyere na mwakpo nke Philippines na Netherlands East Indies. N'ime afọ ndị sochirinụ
A na-ekpughere ụgbọ mmiri ndị lanarịrị ọgụ nke Solomon Islands na nnukwu ihe egwu dị ka ụgbọ njem ngwa ngwa na <unk>Tokyo Express<unk> na-anwa ịnyeghachi ndị agha agwaetiti ahụ. "Mutsuki", "Nagatsuki", "Kikuzuki", "Mikazuki" na "Mochizuki" furu efu n'ihi mwakpo ikuku n'agha dị iche iche na Solomons.