At 1559, the effect of accurate gunfire told as the transport sank, her survivors refusing any assistance from the American destroyers.

Next day she suffered minor damage fighting off German bombing attacks, damaging at least three of the attackers with her accurate gunfire.

Surfacing at dusk, Sculpin pursued the cargo ship, but was again driven away by accurate gunfire from the maru.

Her accurate gunfire destroyed pillboxes and machine gun emplacements, blasting a way for the troops.

Over 300 Filipinos were killed in action and three times as many wounded, with many of the casualties attributed to accurate naval gunfire.

Tuttle is said to have pinned Walker down with accurate gunfire for two hours, until the sun grew hot and his wound got the best of him.

From that moment on, deadly accurate Japanese gunfire pounded her unmercifully, and she began to lose speed.

Her accurate gunfire supported the initial landings on Saipan the 15th and provided close fire support thereafter.

Supreme Commander Eisenhower wrote, "The final assault was materially assisted by heavy and accurate naval gunfire."

Hit repeatedly by accurate gunfire, the attacker dropped a large bomb which landed about 100 yards off the port bow and failed to explode.