At 16:00 a flight of Japanese bombers attacked the ship and the beach.
They were attacked by a Japanese high-level bomber on the way, but sustained no damage.
The Japanese bombers then turned, and made a second attack on the base.
On the morning of February 21 they came under attack from Japanese bombers.
The soldiers constructed airports, which were quickly destroyed by Japanese bombers.
She shot down an attacking Japanese bomber on 16 April.
Throughout the rest of the month, her heavy anti-aircraft fire succeeded in driving off Japanese bombers.
One of the attacking Japanese bombers was shot down by anti-aircraft fire.
On the night of 20 January 1943, six Japanese bombers attacked the ship.
Two Japanese light bombers were shot down over the airfield in full view of the construction engineers.