Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: "Haruna" waxay ku dagaalameysay ku dhowaad dagaal kasta oo weyn oo ciidanka badda ah oo ka dhacay badda Pacific intii lagu jiray dagaalkii labaad ee adduunka. Waxay dabooshay Japan
ka soo degay Malaya (maalmahan Malaysia) iyo Dutch East Indies (hadda Indonesia) 1942 ka hor inta aysan la kulmin ciidamada Mareykanka ee Dagaalkii Midway iyo intii lagu jiray Ololaha Guadalcanal. Inta lagu gudajiray 1943, "Haruna" waxay inta badan ku sii jirtay Truk Lagoon (Micronesia), Saldhigga Badda ee Kure (u dhow Hiroshima), Sasebo Naval Base (u dhow Nagasaki), iyo Jasiiradaha Lingga (oo maanta ku yaal Indonesia), waxaana dhowr jeer la geeyay jawaab ahaan duqeymaha diyaaradaha Mareykanka ee saldhigyada jasiiradaha Japan. "Haruna" waxay ka qeyb qaadatay Dagaalkii Badda Filibiin iyo Dagaalkii Gacanka Leyte sanadkii 1944, iyadoo la dagaallameysay maraakiibta Mareykanka ee dambe.