During her remaining 22 days on station,
SEA DEVIL attacked several targets, but scored on none. In
mid-October, she headed for Majuro for refit, and, on 19
November, she got underway for the waters west of the Nansei
Shoto.
At the end of the month, SEA DEVIL entered the East
China Sea and turned toward the Kyushu coast. On 1
December, just prior to midnight, she made radar contact
with a distant convoy and commenced running with the
state-five sea on four engines to gain position. At 0239 on
the 2d, she changed course to close the convoy. A minute
later, she took a wave over the bridge which knocked the
starboard lookout onto the bridge deck; flooded the main
induction and both engine rooms to the lower deck plates;
and sent water through the supply line into the after
battery compartment, the crew's mess, and the radio shack. A
solid stream came into the control room via the conning
tower. But, other than numerous electrical grounds, no
damage was sustained.