æt ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌv dᵻsˈɛmbɚ, ʃiː sˈʌfɚd sɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt dˈæmɪdʒ nˌɪɹ ɹˈæbɔːl ɪn ɐn ˈɛɹ ɹˈeɪd baɪ jˈuːzɑːf bˈiː twˈɛnti fˈoːɹ bˈɑːmɚz wˌaɪl tˈoʊɪŋ ðə dˈæmɪdʒd dᵻstɹˈɔɪɚ .
At the end of December, she suffered significant damage near Rabaul in an air raid by USAAF B-24 bombers while towing the damaged destroyer .