The Japanese commenced near simultaneous attacks against U.S. forces in the Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, and Pearl Harbor; and against British and allied forces in Singapore and Hong Kong. On 8 December 1941, Japanese planes tasked with attacking shipping in Manila Bay, bombed and set her ablaze; she was then abandoned. On 11 December 1941, she was partially scuttled by a U.S. Army demolition party off Corregidor. On 29 December 1941, Japanese planes from the Takao Kokutai and the 1st Kokutai bombed Corregidor for the first time, setting her hulk ablaze. The Philippine freighter "Don Jose" is also set on fire; the presidential yacht BRP "Banahaw" (ex-"Casania") is sunk; and the steamship "Bicol" and motor vessel "Aloha" are both scuttled. Six members of her crew were sent to Japanese POW camps.