Yamashiro and Mogami were crippled by a combination of 16-in and 14-in armor-piercing shells, as well as the fire of Oldendorf's flanking cruisers.
Yamashiro og Mogami blev beskadiget med en kombination af 16 og 14 tommers panserbrydende granater foruden beskydningen fra Oldendorfs krydsere.