Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga Mayu 1942, "Wakaba" an sake sanya shi zuwa ayyukan arewa, kuma an tura shi daga Ōminato Guard District don tallafawa "Operation AL"
a matsayin wani ɓangare na Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya's Northern Force a cikin yakin Aleutians, yin sintiri a kusa da Attu, Kiska da Amchitka Island har zuwa tsakiyar watan Yuli. Bayan da ya koma Yokosuka Naval Arsenal don kulawa, ya ci gaba da yin sintiri a tsibirin Chishima, ya fito daga Paramushiro ko Shumushu zuwa Attu da Kiska, yana yin jigilar sufuri da yawa don tura kayan aiki da ƙarfafawa har zuwa Disamba.