Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Haruna" akarwa munenge muhondo dzose huru dzegungwa dzePacific Theater mukati meHondo Yenyika II. Akanyora nezvokumhara kweJapan muMalaya
(muzuva ranhasi reMalaysia) neDutch East Indies (zvino Indonesia) muna 1942 vasati vabata mauto eAmerica muHondo yeMidway uye panguva yeGuadalcanal Campaign. Mukati ma 1943, "Haruna" ainyanya kugara paTruk Lagoon (Micronesia), Kure Naval Base (pedyo neHiroshima), Sasebo Naval Base (pedyo neNagasaki), uye Lingga Islands (muIndonesia yanhasi), uye yakashandiswa pane dzimwe nguva mukupindura vatakuri vemhepo veAmerica pamisasa yechitsuwa cheJapan. "Haruna" akabatanidzwa muHondo yeGungwa rePhilippine uye Hondo yeLeyte Gulf muna 1944, achibatanidza ngarava dzeAmerica mune yekupedzisira.