Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panguva yekurwiswa kwePearl Harbor musi wa7 Zvita 1941, "Asanagi" yakapiwa Destroyer Division 29 yeDestroyer Squadron 6 ye4th Fleet, yakavakirwa paTruk. Ngarava iyi yakadzivirira mauto ekuGilbert Islands
kubva musi wa 8 kusvika 10 Zvita 1941, uye akazoendeswa kuchikwata chechipiri chekupinda muWake Island musi wa 23 Zvita.