The sailor shot and killed five crew members before committing suicide.
Three more light cruisers were damaged, 712 sailors killed, 530 injured and 336 taken prisoner.
Balch suffered wounds in the action, which also saw one sailor killed and two marines wounded.
To save themselves, the sailors killed and ate the cabin boy.
The sailors led a mutiny and killed many of the passengers.
But in truth, this is just a myth, because sailors regularly killed and ate them.
It was discovered that the boat had been stolen and the sailor killed.
I'm beginning to think that the sailor killed himself.
Suffering one sailor killed, she returned the fire, continued her search, and finally rescuing the airman.
"First reports say at least twenty sailors killed outright."