On 2 August 1943 the ship was on a reinforcement run to Vila when it rammed the PT-109 and engaged other PT boats in the Blackett Strait south of Kolombangara.
On 2 August 1943 the ship was on a reinforcement run to Vila when it rammed and sank the future U.S. President John F. Kennedy's PT-109 torpedo boat. It also engaged other PT boats in the Blackett Strait south of Kolombangara.