Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Na mbido afọ 1944, e kenyere "Itsukushima" ọrụ ilekọta ndị njem n'etiti Ambon, Surabaya na Halmahera Island. N'ụbọchị 6 nke ọnwa Mee, a wakporo ya n'enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma site n'aka, n'Oké Osimiri Celebes. N'ụbọchị 31 nke ọnwa Mee, e kenyere "Itsukushima" na "Operation KON"
(Nkwado nke Biak), na-ebufe nkwado site na Zamboanga na Mindanao na mgbalị iji gbochie mbata ndị America. N'abalị iri abụọ na anọ n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ, ndị USAAF B-25 Mitchell bombers sitere na 345th Bomb Group wakporo "Itsukushima" mgbe ha na-eso otu convoy n'akụkụ Lahbeh Strait dị nso na Celebes. Ọ fọrọ nke nta ka mmiri kpuchie akụkụ azụ ya, na ụlọ injin ya. A wakporo ya ọzọ na 2 Septemba, mana gburu ụgbọ elu abụọ na-awakpo ya, ma merụọ abụọ ndị ọzọ nke na a manyere ha ịda. N'abalị anọ n'ọnwa Ọktoba, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ na-ebute ogbunigwe ahụ rutere iji buru "Itsukushima" gaa Surabaya. Agbanyeghị, na 17 Ọktọba, mgbe ọ na-agafe n'Oké Osimiri Java n'okpuru tow, "Itsukushima" bụ torpedoed site na Royal Dutch Navy submarine, ma mikpuo na ọnọdụ.