damaged and she began to flood. Mogami was holed starboard above the waterline, but fires ignited five torpedoes that exploded and disabled her starboard engine. Between 0530-0535, the crippled Mogami was hit again by ten to twenty 6-inch and 8-inch shells from the cruisers Portland, and . At 0830, Mogamis port engine broke down. At 0902, while adrift, she was attacked by 17 TBF Avenger torpedo-bombers from Task Group 77.4.1 and was hit by two 500-lb. bombs. At 1047, Mogamis crew abandoned ship, and she stayed afloat for the next two hours. At 1240, the destroyer scuttled her with a single Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedo. She finally sank at 1307, at . Akebono rescued 700 survivors, but 192 crewmen perished with the ship. Mogami was removed from the Navy List on 20 December 1944. Wreck The wreck of Mogami was located by on 8 May 2019 at a depth of . Sources References Further reading External links Gallery: US Navy Historical Center Mogami-class cruisers Ships built by Kure Naval Arsenal 1934 ships World War II cruisers of Japan Shipwrecks in the Surigao Strait World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean Cruisers sunk by aircraft Maritime incidents in October 1944 Ships sunk by US aircraft Shipwreck discoveries by Paul Allen Shipwrecks of the Philippines 2019 archaeological discoveries