Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: Waqtigii weerarkii Pearl Harbor, "Kumano" waxay ahayd markabkii ugu weynaa ee ku xigeenka Admiral Shigeyoshi Inoue's IJN 4th Fleet waxaana loo diray inay daboosho
Duulaankii Japan ee Malaya oo qayb ka ah Ku-xigeenka Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa's First Southern Expeditionary Fleet, oo taageero dhow u ah soo dejinta ciidamada Japan ee Singora, Pattani iyo Kota Bharu.