Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 1 Disemba 1943, "Tsugaru" e kenyere ya na Third Southern Expeditionary Fleet. N'ụbọchị 24 nke ọnwa Machị afọ 1944, ọ hapụrụ Palau ka ọ gaa gwupụta ala Balabac dị na Philippines, mgbe nke ahụ gasịkwara, ọ gara Balikpapan dị na Borneo. Otu n'ime ogbunigwe ndị a si n'ọrụ a pụta bụ nke e ji kwụọ ụgwọ maka imebi ụgbọ mmiri ahụ, na Julaị 1944. N'abalị iri atọ na otu nke ọnwa Mee, e kenyere "Tsugaru" ọrụ na
<unk>Operation KON<unk> (Nkwado nke Biak), na-ebufe nkwado site na Zamboanga na Mindanao na mgbalị iji gbochie mbata ndị America. N'abalị iri abụọ na otu n'ọnwa Juun, mgbe ọ hapụsịrị Sorong, New Guinea maka agwaetiti Halmahera, "Tsugaru" bụ nke ụgbọ mmiri Royal Dutch Navy "K-XIV" gbara, nke kpatara nnukwu mmebi. Mgbe emezigharịchara ya nwa oge, ọ gbalịrị iru Manila, mana a hụrụ ya na 29 June nso Biak site na, nke gbara ọkụ zuru oke nke torpedo isii. Abụọ kụrụ "Tsugaru", nke mikpuru n'ọnọdụ ihe na-erughị nkeji iri abụọ na ise ka e mesịrị na ọnwụ nke ọtụtụ n'ime ndị ọrụ ya, gụnyere CO ya, Captain Nakatsu.