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The radar-equipped ''PT-131'' made contact with the Japanese van four minutes before midnight on October 24, and the patrol of three boats attacked with torpedoes after radioing Oldendorf a report. All the way up the Strait, patrol boat harassed the enemy vessels, but hit none; they, however, kept the American commanders aware of the situation.

The radar-equipped ''PT-131'' made contact with the Japanese van four minutes before midnight on October 24, and the patrol of three boats attacked with torpedoes after radioing Oldendorf a report. All the way up the Strait, patrol boat harassed the enemy vessels, but hit none; they, however, kept the American commanders aware of the situation.

At two o'clock in the morning, the Japanese chased the last torpedo boats away, only to meet a [[destroyer]] division half an hour later. The American destroyers began firing [[torpedo]]s at 3 AM, hitting the battleship ''Fuso'' badly and slightly damaging the other (the ''Yamashiro''). One Japanese destroyer was also sunk, and two more were damaged badly. Not a single hit was scored on an American destroyer. Ten minutes later, a second torpedo attack was launched. The ''Yamashiro'' was hit again, though she did not stop, and a damaged destroyer was disabled. Nishimura took no turns or any kind of evasive action.  

At two o'clock in the morning, the Japanese chased the last torpedo boats away, only to meet a [[destroyer]] division half an hour later. The American destroyers began firing [[torpedo]]es at 3 AM, hitting the battleship ''Fuso'' badly and slightly damaging the other (the ''Yamashiro''). One Japanese destroyer was also sunk, and two more were damaged badly. Not a single hit was scored on an American destroyer. Ten minutes later, a second torpedo attack was launched. The ''Yamashiro'' was hit again, though she did not stop, and a damaged destroyer was disabled. Nishimura took no turns or any kind of evasive action.  

At 3:51 AM, the American battle line, (which had capped the enemy's "T") opened fire on the three remaining Japanese ships: battleship ''Yamashiro'', heavy cruiser ''Mogami'', and destroyer ''Shigure''. The ''Shigure'' escaped with one minor hit, but the ''Yamashiro'' and ''Mogami'' were pounded by a hail of shells ranging in size from six inch to sixteen inch. The six American battleships (''West Virginia'', ''Pennsylvania'', ''California'', ''Tennessee'', ''Maryland'', and ''Mississippi'')were undamaged; only one hit was scored on the destroyer ''Albert W. Grant''.

At 3:51 AM, the American battle line, (which had capped the enemy's "T") opened fire on the three remaining Japanese ships: battleship ''Yamashiro'', heavy cruiser ''Mogami'', and destroyer ''Shigure''. The ''Shigure'' escaped with one minor hit, but the ''Yamashiro'' and ''Mogami'' were pounded by a hail of shells ranging in size from six inch to sixteen inch. The six American battleships (''West Virginia'', ''Pennsylvania'', ''California'', ''Tennessee'', ''Maryland'', and ''Mississippi'')were undamaged; only one hit was scored on the destroyer ''Albert W. Grant''.