Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwa 1944, "Itsukushima" yakapiwa basa rokuperekedza nzendo dzaienda pakati peAmbon, Surabaya neHalmahera Island. Musi waMay 6, akarwiswa zvisina kubudirira na, muCelebes Sea. Musi waMay 31, "Itsukushima" yakapiwa "Operation KON"
(Breakthrough of Biak), kutakura zvombo kubva kuZamboanga kuMindanao mukuedza kupikisa kusvika kweAmerica. Musi wa24 Nyamavhuvhu, "Itsukushima" yakarwiswa neUSAAF B-25 Mitchell mabhomba kubva ku345th Bhomba Boka apo yaiperekedza kondirakiti pedyo neLahbeh Strait pedyo neCelebes. Chimwe chinhu chakapotsa chamufukidza necheshure, uye mukamuri reinjini. Yakarwiswazve musi wa 2 Gunyana, asi yakadonhedza ndege mbiri dzakanga dzichirwisa, uye yakakuvadza dzimwe mbiri zvokuti dzakamanikidzwa kupunzika. Musi waOctober 4, minelayer yakasvika kuti itore "Itsukushima" pasi pekufambisa kuenda kuSurabaya. Zvisinei, pana 17 October, apo achipfuura Gungwa reJava achidhonzwa, "Itsukushima" yakadonhedzwa nechikepe cheRoyal Dutch Navy, ndokunyangarika panzvimbo yacho.