"Pirie" was strafed another three times before the Japanese planes were driven off by Allied fighters and anti-aircraft fire from the corvette. Seven were killed in the attack, with four more seriously wounded. Japanese propaganda, describing the corvette as a destroyer, reported that she had been destroyed. Three United States Army personnel aboard "Pirie" at the time (a chaplain and two officers) offered to bury the dead at sea. The chaplain later recommended that the ship and her company receive bravery honours. Both ships reached their destination.