Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Mutsuki" aji ya kafa 5th da 6th Destroyer Squadrons. "Mutsuki" da "Kisaragi" sun halarci Yaƙin Wake Island a farkon yaƙin, a lokacin da aka rasa "Kisaragi" saboda harin jirgin sama. Sauran jiragen ruwa goma sha ɗaya sun shiga cikin mamayewar Philippines da Netherlands East Indies. A kamfen na Solomon Islands na gaba
Jirgin ruwa da suka tsira sun fuskanci haɗari mai yawa a matsayin jigilar sauri a cikin <unk>Tokyo Express<unk> missions a ƙoƙarin sake samar da garuruwan tsibirin. "Mutsuki", "Nagatsuki", "Kikuzuki", "Mikazuki" da "Mochizuki" sun ɓace saboda hare-haren iska a yaƙe-yaƙe daban-daban a Solomon Islands.