This "Jill" launched her torpedo at , the last ship in the left flank column and directly astern of "Almaack". The latter's 3-inch and 5-inch batteries took the Japanese plane under fire at ; her 20-millimeter guns opened up at 800. "Almaack's" automatic weapons scored hits on the right wing and tail of the "Jill"; shedding parts, the enemy aircraft went out of control about from "Catskill", passed slightly astern of her, and then plunged into the sea, leaving no survivors. In the meantime, "Catskill" maneuvered and evaded the torpedo. "Almaack" suffered three men very slightly wounded during the brief engagement, nicked by fragments of "friendly" 20-millimeter projectiles which hit a ship's guy wire.