Kammala wannan jumla: Naquin kuma ya tsira daga harin da aka kai a Pearl Harbor yayin da yake cikin jirgin ruwa, wanda ya nutse a cikin ruwa mai zurfi bayan da aka buga bam da torpedoes biyu a cikin harin Japan a ranar 7 ga Disamba, 1941. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da jirgin ruwa mai nauyi a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Tekun Coral da
Tsakanin hanya. A yakin Tassafaronga a ranar 30 ga Nuwamba, 1942, wani jirgin ruwa na Japan ya buge shi, wanda ya kaddamar da littattafai na gaba da tankunan man fetur kuma fashewar da ta biyo baya ta yanke ƙafa 150 na gaba na turret # 2. Gwanin da aka yanke, ciki har da turret # 1, ya yi ta juyawa a gefen hagu kuma ya ragargaje ramuka da yawa a cikin jirgin "New Orleans" kafin ya nutse a bayan jirgin kuma ya lalata matattarar jirgin ruwan. Naquin ya jagoranci jirgin zuwa Tulagi Harbor, wanda aka isa kusa da wayewar gari a ranar 1 ga Disamba, 1942 don gyarawa kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Bronze Star saboda rawar da ya taka wajen ceton jirgin.