Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Lapon" yakaenda kuSouth China Sea musi wa4 Gunyana, Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Donald G. Baer ari mukutonga. Akasangana nezvikepe zvepasi pemvura ndokuva nhengo yeboka remapere. Mangwanani-ngwanani omusi waSeptember 21, ngarava yepasi pegungwa yakaonana nechikepe chechipatara chomuvengi uye yakabvumira ngarava yacho kupfuura isina kukuvadzwa. Masikati iwayo, apo yakanga ichikomberedza Palauic point, "Lapon" yakaona utsi ndokutanga kusvika. Sezvaakaswedera pedyo nenzvimbo yokurwisa ndege dzeU.S. dzinotakura ndege dzakarwisa ngoro yacho, dzichikonzera kukuvadzwa kukuru kumuvengi. "Lapon" yakarwisa zvakasara zvengarava musi wa 22 September ndokunonyudza ngarava inotakura zvinhu "Shun Yuan". Zuva rakatevera racho "Flasher" ne"Lapon" vakaita kurwisa kwakarongeka pamidziyo inoverengeka, "Lapon" ichinyudza ngarava inotakura mafuta "Hokki Maru". Paaifambira pamhenderekedzo yeLuzon musi wa10 Gumiguru 1944, "Lapon" akabata ngarava yaienda kuManila ndokunyudza ngarava inotakura zvinhu "Ejiri Maru". Yakagoverwa basa rokuponesa, ngarava inonzi submarine yakanga iri panzvimbo yayo mukati mokurwiswa nendege kwokutanga kwokupinda kwePhilippines
; uye 21 October akaenda kuAustralia, achisvika kuFremantle 31 October.