Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - Mai Me 1942, "Hatsushimo" na toe tofia i matu gaioiga, ma faʻatutuina mai Ōminato Guard Itumalo ma Destroyer Vaega 21 ma o se vaega o le "Faʻagaioiga AL"
i le lagolagoina o le Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya's Northern Force i le Aleutians campaign, paterola faataamilo Attu, Kiska ma Amchitka Island seia oo i le ogatotonu o Iulai. Ina ua toe foʻi puupuu atu i le Yokosuka Naval Arsenal mo le tausiga, sa faaauau pea ona ia taʻavale i le Chishima Islands, ma auina atu i fafo mai Paramushiro poʻo Shumushu i Attu ma Kiska, ma faia ni feʻaveaʻiga tele e faʻapipiʻi ai sapalai ma faʻamalosia seia oʻo ia Tesema.