Cika wannan jumla: A farkon 1944, "Itsukushima" an sanya shi don rakiyar jirage tsakanin Ambon, Surabaya da Tsibirin Halmahera. A ranar 6 ga Mayu, an kai shi hari ba tare da nasara ba, a cikin Tekun Celebes. A ranar 31 ga Mayu, "Itsukushima" an sanya shi zuwa
"Operation KON" (Taimakon Biak), yana jigilar kayan tallafi daga Zamboanga a Mindanao a kokarin magance saukowar Amurka. A ranar 24 ga watan Agusta, "Itsukushima" ya kai hari daga AmurkaAF B-25 Mitchell masu jefa bam daga rukunin Bomb na 345 yayin da suke rakiyar wani jirgi kusa da Lahbeh Strait kusa da Celebes. Kusan kusan ruwa ya mamaye sashinsa na baya, da kuma dakin injin. An sake kai hari a ranar 2 ga Satumba, amma ya harbe biyu daga cikin jirage masu kai hari, kuma ya lalata wasu biyu da suka tilasta musu sauka. A ranar 4 ga Oktoba, mai ba da ma'adinai ya isa ya ɗauki "Itsukushima" a ƙarƙashin Surabaya. Duk da haka, a ranar 17 ga Oktoba, yayin da yake wucewa ta Tekun Java a ƙarƙashin ja, "Itsukushima" jirgin ruwa na Royal Dutch Navy ya lalata shi, kuma ya nutse a matsayi.