Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Yūgumo" ya halarci yaƙe-yaƙe na Midway
, tsibirin Solomon na Gabas da tsibirin Santa Cruz. Mai rushewa ya yi jigilar dakarun zuwa Guadalcanal 7 da 10 Nuwamba 1942. Daga nan sai ta yi jigilar sojoji zuwa Buna, Papua New Guinea a ranar 17 da 22 ga Nuwamba. Daga nan sai jirgin ya yi aikin kwashe sojojin zuwa Guadalcanal a ranar 1 da 4 ga Fabrairun 1943. Bayan kwana uku, "Yūgumo" ya shiga cikin kwashe sojojin zuwa Tsibirin Russell. Mai rushewa ya yi jigilar dakarun zuwa Kolombangara a ranar 1 da 5 ga Afrilu.