The 1st Picture shows Aoba's shot points. The shell to the bridge was unexploded, but it bounced around and killed many. CAPT HISAMUNE Yonejiro, who took over the command of the squadron from the seriously injured GOTO Aritomo (later died), ordered the fleet to turn around. On the way, CA Furutaka and DD Fubuki sank. The shell on the 3rd turret ignited the zero-type shells (anti-aircraft shells with timed fuze) on the bullet feed elevator. The turret commander 尾崎専造 OZAKI Senzo's emergent water injection prevented the bullet storage from exploding, but all members of the bullet storage died. The 2nd Figure shows Myoko’s turret and bullet storage which were basically the same as these of Aoba.
Aoba was repaired at Kure Naval Yard from the end of 1942 to the beginning of 1943. In this repair, 3rd turret was replaced with a triple - 25mm machine cannon, which was replaced with the original twin - 20cm gun turret after the 2nd repair at Kure Naval Yard at the end of 1943.
According to Senshi Sosho, 79 men were KIA.
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