Talk:General Discussion/@comment-186.29.136.128-20150116153939/@comment-75.65.198.236-20150117100128

They're not talking about The Battle of Mindoro itself, but rather the after math battle that took place 10 days after Mindoro ended. The small planned fleet attack called Operation Rei-Go. Operation Rei-go took place on December 26th which was 10 days after rhe Battle of Mindoro ended.

The objective behind it was simple: attack the San Jose coastline using Ashigara, Ooyodo, Kiyoshimo and a few other destoyers.

The Amercians who had then now gained control of Mindoro caught wind of the approching attack and launched a bombardment force. The ships were able to attack the coastline but only briefly before the bombarment team came in and they were forced to retreat. During the escape, Kiyoshimo was struck by two bombs from U.S bombers and was severly crippled from the attack and then was ultimately sunk by a torpedo from the US PT-233. Every other ship from the IJN escaped with minimal damage at the time of this attack.