Talk:General Discussion/@comment-24702213-20150601005529/@comment-139.228.166.29-20150601154749

Aoba's crew didn't screw up, btw. Most historians blame her admiral Goto Aritomo for the screwup. The ship's lookouts repeatedly told him that the approaching ships were American but he ignored their warnings even AFTER THEY STARTED FIRING. He believed he was under friendly fire and tried to expose the sides of his ships to what he thought was a fellow Japanese fleet in the hope that they would recognize the distinctive silhouttes. This of course made the American ships quite happy.

Goto didn't survive the battle.