Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin Midway, "Shirakumo" ya kasance wani ɓangare na "Operation AL"
- mamayar tsibirin Aleutian. A watan Yulin 1942, "Shirakumo" ya tashi daga Amami-Ōshima zuwa Mako Guard District, Singapore, Sabang da Mergui don shirin kai hari na biyu na Tekun Indiya. An soke aikin ne saboda yakin Guadalcanal, kuma an umurci "Shirakumo" zuwa Truk a maimakon haka. A watan Agusta, an yi amfani da "Shirakumo" don <unk>Tokyo Express<unk> manyan ayyukan sufuri a cikin Solomon Islands. A ranar 28 ga watan Agusta, bayan da aka dakatar da aikin jigilar sojoji zuwa Guadalcanal, "Shirakumo" ya sha wahala sosai a harin da 'yan bam din Amurka suka kai, kuma an bar shi a cikin ruwa tare da kai hari kai tsaye zuwa dakin injinsa, kodayake ma'aikatan jirgin biyu ne kawai suka ji rauni. Jirgin ruwan ya hallaka shi, ya bi shi ta hanyar minelayer zuwa Shortland Island, kuma ta hanyar tanki "Koa Maru" ya koma Truk don gyare-gyare na gaggawa, wanda ya ba ta damar komawa Kure a ranar 8 ga Oktoba.