Kammala wannan jumlar: Daga watan Mayu 1942, "Hatsuharu" an sake sanya shi zuwa ayyukan arewa, kuma an tura shi daga Ōminato Guard District tare da a matsayin wani ɓangare na
"Operation AL" don tallafawa Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya's Northern Force a cikin yakin Aleutians, kewayawa a kusa da Attu, Kiska da Amchitka Island har zuwa tsakiyar Yuli. Bayan da ya koma Yokosuka Naval Arsenal don kiyayewa, "Hatsuharu" ya ci gaba da yin sintiri a tsibirin Chishima, ya fito daga Paramushiro ko Shumshu zuwa Kiska, yana yin jigilar kayayyaki don tura kayan aiki da ƙarfafawa. A ranar 17 ga Oktoba, yayin da yake tare da mai hallaka, "Hatsuharu" ya kai hari ga AmurkaAF B-26 Marauder bombers daga Kiska. Wani bam da aka kai tsaye a bayan jirgin ya kashe rudder dinsa, ya kashe ma'aikatan jirgin hudu kuma ya raunata wasu 14. "Oboro" ya nitse a cikin wannan harin, kuma "Hatsuharu" ya ceci mutane 17 da suka tsira. Ta koma Paramushiro da kanta a ranar 25 ga Oktoba