The following day, on 5 January, the kamikazes returned. At 17:43 in the evening, the battleship reported planes approaching from her starboard bow, and shortly afterwards, "Savo Island"s sister had been hit by two kamikazes, heavily damaging the ship. A few minutes after the attack on "Manila Bay", a Nakajima Ki-43 kamikaze dove towards "Savo Island". Engaged by several anti-aircraft batteries, the plane began trailing smoke some away from the carrier. As a reaction, "Savo Island" turned hard to starboard, whilst its searchlight was pointed at the aircraft to try to blind the pilot. The plane, moving erratically, passed between the carrier's mast and the whip antenna, shearing off the carrier's radar antenna, before diving into the sea.