The cruiser found "Brush" down by the bow with a 3-degree port list. There were five dead and 30 injured. At 0101 on 27 September, "Worcester" commenced taking on board the more seriously wounded of the destroyer's company via highline transfer, eventually receiving 15 stretcher cases—all men suffering from burns—by 0228. The cruiser then altered course for Japan and, later that day, took on board four more stretcher patients, six ambulatory patients, and a corpse. At that time, two hospitalmen—who had been transferred from "Worcester" to "Brush" to tend the wounded on the destroyer—returned to the cruiser.