on 25 october 1944, "kinu" arrived at cagayan. the naval transports "t.6", "t.9" and "t.10" each embarked 350 troops and the "t.101" and "t.102" each loaded 400 men, "kinu" embarked 347 men and "uranami" 150 men. on 26 october 1944 in the visayan sea "kinu" and "uranami" were attacked by 75-80 aircraft from two groups of task group 77.4's escort carriers. tbm avenger torpedo-bombers from and 12 avengers and fm-2 wildcat fighters of vc-21 from made repeated bomb, rocket and strafing hits on "kinu" and "uranami". an avenger from scored two direct bomb hits on "kinu" and several rocket hits on "uranami", which sank around noon. at 1130, two more waves of aircraft attacked. a third bomb hit the aft engine room and set "kinu" on fire. the japanese transports rescued most of "kinu"s crew of 813 men, including captain harumi kawasaki. rear admiral sakonjo transferred his flag to the transport "t.10" and made manila the next day. at 1730, "kinu" sank by the stern in of water southwest of masbate, philippine islands.