On 25 August, north of Guadalcanal, six USMC Douglas SBD Dauntless dive-bombers attacked the "Jintsū" convoy, sinking one transport and damaging another. A bomb hit "Jintsū", starting fires and flooding her forward magazines. Twenty-four crewmen were killed and Admiral Tanaka was injured. He shifted his flag to the destroyer and "Jintsū" withdrew to Shortland Island, and from there to Truk, where she underwent emergency repairs by the repair ship , which lasted for over the next month. In October, she was sent back to Japan, where two Type 96 triple-mount 25 mm AA guns were installed. Repairs were not completed until 8 January 1943.