ition ▁on ▁R ur ik . ▁By ▁this ▁time ▁she ▁had ▁been ▁s unk ▁by ▁N ani wa ▁and ▁Tak achi ho . ▁They ▁had ▁radio ed ▁Kam im ura ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁s unk , ▁but ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁receive ▁the ▁message . ▁Short ly ▁after ▁the ▁Japanese ▁turned ▁back , ▁G rom ob oi ▁and ▁Ross ia ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁he ave - to ▁to ▁make ▁rep airs . ▁I w ate ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁seriously ▁dam aged ▁Japanese ▁ship ▁and ▁suffered ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 4 0 ▁killed ▁and ▁ 3 7 ▁wounded . ▁ ▁In ▁mid - Se ptember , ▁Tok i wa ▁and ▁I w ate ▁were ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁Division . ▁In ▁early ▁December ▁the ▁cru iser ▁was ▁sent ▁home ▁to ▁ref it . ▁In ▁mid - F ebru ary , ▁she ▁was ▁guard ing ▁the ▁Ts ug aru ▁Stra it ▁and ▁remained ▁there ▁through ▁mid - A pril . ▁ ▁Battle ▁of ▁Ts ush ima ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁Russian ▁ 2 nd ▁and ▁ 3 rd ▁Pacific ▁Squad rons ▁approached ▁Japan ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁May , ▁having ▁sa iled ▁from ▁the ▁Balt ic ▁Sea , ▁they ▁were ▁sp otted ▁by ▁pat rolling ▁Japanese ▁ships ▁early ▁that ▁morning , ▁but ▁visibility ▁was ▁limited ▁and ▁radio ▁reception ▁poor . ▁The ▁pre lim inary ▁reports ▁were ▁enough ▁to ▁cause ▁T ō g ō ▁to ▁order ▁his ▁ships ▁to ▁put ▁to ▁sea ▁and ▁the ▁ 2 nd ▁Division ▁sp otted ▁the ▁Russian ▁ships ▁under ▁the ▁command