 Her closest scrape came on 26 October, when a Japanese torpedo bomber swept in low over the water and barely cleared "Suamico's" stack.On 28 October, she sought refuge at Kossol Passage in the Palau Islands, but put to sea again that evening when a supposed enemy task force did not materialize.On 7 November, she anchored in San Pedro Bay for three days before heading back to Hollandia.