While emergency repairs were carried out and "Noshiro" dead in the water, the destroyer came alongside and removed Rear Admiral Hayakawa, who later transferred to "Yamato". At 1014, a fourth attack of 28 TBMs and Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver dive bombers from struck with another torpedo to starboard beneath "Noshiro"s No. 2 turret. "Noshiro"s gunners later claimed to have shot down six of the attacking planes. Captain Kajiwara ordered the forward magazines flooded in an attempt to right the ship. Five minutes later, with the forward deck awash and the list steadily increasing, Kajiwara gave the order to abandon ship. At 1113, "Noshiro" sank at south of Mindoro. The destroyers and "Hamanami" rescued Captain Sueyoshi Kajiwara and 328 survivors.