Takanami's surviving crew abandoned ship at 01:30, but a large explosion killed many more of them in the water, including the destroyer division commander, Toshio Shimizu, and the ship's captain, Masami Ogura.
De overlevende på Takanami forlod skibet kl. 1:30, men en stor eksplosion dræbte mange flere af dem i vandet, heriblandt destroyerdivisionens chef Toshio Shimiziu og skibets kaptajn Masami Ogura.