cruiser amidships, flooding all of the boiler rooms, which knocked out all power. While attempting to repair the damage, the submarine attempted to attack, but was prevented from doing so by depth charges from Urakaze. Noshiro and the light cruiser were ordered to her assistance on the 13th and her sister took Agano in tow upon her arrival. The tow parted the following day and Nagara took over the task. The damaged ship finally reached Truk on 16 November. Sinking Temporary repairs by the repair ship began immediately upon her arrival and lasted until 15 February 1944. That evening she departed Truk to get permanent repairs in the Japanese home islands, escorted by the destroyer and submarine chaser CH-28. On the afternoon of 16 February, about north of Truk, Agano was attacked by the submarine , which fired four torpedoes. Two struck the cruiser on the starboard side at 16:44, flooding Boiler Room No. 2 which gave her a list of 12° and started a large fire. The ship progressively flooded and Oite rescued 523 survivors between 20:00 and 23:30. Agano sank at at 01:50 on 17 February and was struck from the navy list on 31 March. As Oite was approaching Truk the following morning, the destroyer was sunk by Grumman TBF Avengers of Task Force 58 in the course of Operation Hailstone, and sank within minutes, taking all but twenty of her own crew down with her. All of the Agano crewmembers originally rescued were lost. Notes References Agano-class cruisers Ships built by Sasebo Naval Arsenal 1941 ships World War II cruisers of Japan Ships sunk by American submarines World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean Ships lost with all hands Maritime incidents in February 1944