Until mid-September, Shiratsuyu remained based out of Jaluit in the Marshall Islands, but from October was deployed to the Solomon Islands, where she made several "Tokyo Express" high speed transport runs to Guadalcanal.
From mid-September until October, Shiratsuyu was stationed at Jaluit in the Marshall Islands. Afterward, she moved to the Solomon Islands and performed multiple "Tokyo Express" high-speed transport missions to Guadalcanal.