Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 1 December 1943, "Tsugaru" yakapiwazve kuThird Southern Expeditionary Fleet. Musi wa24 March 1944, yakabva kuPalau ichienda kunochera migodhi muBalabac Strait muPhilippines, ikabva yaendeswa kuBalikpapan muBorneo. Imwe yemigodhi yomubasa iri inonzi ndiyo yakanyudza, muna July 1944. Musi waMay 31, "Tsugaru" yakapiwa basa rokuti <unk>Operation KON<unk>
(Breakthrough of Biak), kutakura zvombo kubva kuZamboanga kuMindanao mukuedza kupikisa kusvika kweAmerica. Musi wa21 Chikumi, mushure mekubva kuSorong, New Guinea kuenda kuHalmahera Island, "Tsugaru" yakadonhedzwa neRoyal Dutch Navy submarine "K-XIV", iyo yakakonzera kukuvara kwakakomba. Mushure mekugadziriswa kwenguva pfupi, akaedza kusvika kuManila, asi akaonekwa musi wa29 Chikumi pedyo neBiak ne, iyo yakabudisa kupararira kwakakwana kwemasere matanhatu. Vaviri vakarova "Tsugaru", iyo yakanyura panzvimbo isingasviki maminitsi 25 gare gare nokurasikirwa navakawanda vevashandi vayo, kubatanidza mukuru wayo, Kaputeni Nakatsu.