Over 1,000 Japanese troops and sailors were lost.
A rescue operation recovered 58 survivors, but 46 sailors were lost.
Despite the day's heated action, not one sailor had been lost.
Sadly, when a soldier, sailor or marine was lost, a flag with a gold star hung in the window.
How was that first sailor, that I have mentioned, lost?
And if a sailor wearing a black pearl was ever lost at sea, he could trade it to Poseidon for his life.
Over 18 officers and 176 sailors were lost in the sinking.
One sailor was lost and the wreck was sold by auction.
Over 1,000 Japanese soldiers and sailors were lost, mostly by drowning.
Six sailors from Tusk were lost during the rescue.