The TBFs of the second U.S. attack formation from "Enterprise" were unable to locate the Japanese carriers and instead attacked the Japanese heavy cruiser from Abe's Vanguard force but caused no damage. At about the same time, nine SBDs from the third U.S. attack formation—from "Hornet"—found Abe's ships and attacked the Japanese heavy cruiser , hitting her with two bombs and causing heavy damage. The three "Enterprise" SBDs then arrived and also attacked "Chikuma", causing more damage with one bomb hit and two near-misses. Finally, the nine TBFs from the third strike group arrived and attacked the smoking "Chikuma", scoring one more hit. "Chikuma", escorted by two destroyers, withdrew from the battle and headed towards Truk for repairs.