Talk:Johnston/@comment-85.76.32.212-20181227203021

"Not long after, she was struck by 14-in shells from Kongou and was forced to retreat with heavy damage."

Please don't spread info which is controversial at best.

Yamato's and Kishinami's records state that Yamato scored those hits while Kongou's records state that she wasn't firing at any target during that time. Most likely someone from Johnston's crew simply missindentified the ship which fired at them in the bad weather. The Japanese couldn't even tell destroyers from cruisers thanks to those weather conditions. Also just a moment later Yamato scored hits at Johnston with her 15.5cm guns.