Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin watan Nuwamba da Disamba na 1943 da Janairu 1944 an sami "Saufley" yana yin aikin rakiyar don ƙarfafa Bougainville. A watan Fabrairun, "Saufley" ya shiga cikin hare-haren da aka kai a tsibirin Green wanda ya karya layin samar da Rabaul-Buka na Japan kuma ya ba da Allies tare da wani filin jirgin sama kusa da Rabaul. An bi sahun masu sintiri na anti-submarine ta hanyar kiran aikin tallafi na wuta yayin mamayar tsibirin Emirau
Ka yi haƙuri. Wannan aikin, wanda ya kammala "kewaye da Rabaul", ya ɗauki "Saufley" a watan Afrilu. Ta koma yankin Emirau-Mussau lokacin da, a safiyar ranar 7 ga Afrilu, ta sami lamba a kan jirgin ruwa mai nutsewa. Minti arba'in da biyar da bama-bamai na zurfin 18 daga baya, an ji fashewar ruwa biyu. A cikin sa'o'i kaɗan, man ya rufe yankin. Binciken bayanan Japan bayan yakin ya gano jirgin ruwan da ya nutse a matsayin jirgin ruwa na J1. Bayan bin ayyukan kulawa ga Admiralties, "Saufley" ya koma Purvis Bay a ranar 18 ga Afrilu inda ta gudanar da darussan tare da TF 38 a watan Mayu.