Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Lapon" ya tashi zuwa Tekun Kudancin China a ranar 4 ga Satumba, Laftanar Kwamandan (LCDR) Donald G. Baer a cikin umurnin. Ta haɗu da jiragen ruwa na karkashin ruwa kuma kuma ya zama memba na wolfpack. Da sassafe na ranar 21 ga Satumba, jirgin ruwan ya tuntubi jirgin asibiti na abokan gaba kuma ya bar jirgin ya wuce ba tare da lahani ba. A wannan rana, yayin da yake zagaye Palauic Point, "Lapon" ya ga hayaki kuma ya fara kusa. Yayin da ta kusanci matsayi na kai hari, jiragen saman Amurka da ke dauke da jiragen sama sun kai farmaki a kan jirgin, suna haifar da mummunar lalacewar abokan gaba. "Lapon" ya kai hari ga ragowar tawagar a ranar 22 ga Satumba kuma ya nutsar da jirgin jigilar kayayyaki "Shun Yuan". Kashegari "Flasher" da "Lapon" sun yi wani hari a kan jiragen ruwa da dama, "Lapon" ya nutse jirgin ruwa mai suna "Hokki Maru". Yin sintiri a gabar tekun Luzon 10 ga Oktoba 1944, "Lapon" ya tsayar da wani jirgi mai zuwa Manila kuma ya nutsar da jirgin jigilar kaya "Ejiri Maru". An sanya shi aikin ceto, jirgin ruwa na karkashin ruwa ya kasance a wurin a lokacin hare-haren iska kafin mamayewar Philippines
; kuma 21 Oktoba ya tashi zuwa Ostiraliya, ya isa Fremantle 31 Oktoba.