Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Waqtiga weerarka Pearl Harbor 7dii Diseembar 1941, "Asanagi" waxaa loo qoondeeyay Qaybta 29aad ee Destroyer Squadron 6aad ee Ciidanka 4aad, oo fadhigiisu ahaa Truk. Markabkii wax baabbiʼiyaha ahaa wuxuu qariyay Jasiiradaha Gilbert
ciidanka duulaankii 8 ilaa 10 December 1941, kadibna waxaa loo qoondeeyay ciidanka duulaankii labaad ee jasiiradda Wake December 23.