Kirishima's last action is remembered for the use of 16-inch guns at very close range. The panel compares the engagement to a knife fight in a phone booth and to using a sledgehammer in close combat. Both comparisons convey the destructive power of battleship guns in a confined night action.
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Kirishima's last close-range battleship fight
Kirishima's final action is remembered as a battleship engagement in which 16-inch guns were used at brutally close range.