In 1938, she was converted into a repair ship and based first at Japanese-occupied Shanghai, China, and then Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina, from late 1938 to 1941. The ship was transferred to occupied Singapore in early 1942 to repair a damaged light cruiser and ordered to return home in May. She was sunk en route by the American submarine , although most of her crew survived.
In 1938, she became a repair ship and first operated out of Japanese-occupied Shanghai, China, and then at Cam Ranh Bay in French Indochina until late 1941. The vessel was moved to occupied Singapore in early 1942 for repairing a damaged light cruiser and ordered back home in May. She was sunk on the way by an American submarine, but most of her crew survived.