This is how Akatsuki sank. During the first battle of Guadalcanal, she turned on her searchlight to illuminate the targets for the rest of the task force, initially USS Atlanta, but especially USS Portland, but became the first casualty because of it, as the US forces focused upon Akatsuki first, just being the easiest target to see. (Hiei also lit up her searchlights, and took a tremendous shelling, but being a much bigger ship against cruisers and destroyers, was much harder to sink. She was damaged enough to fail to retreat, and was forced to be scuttled the next day because of aerial bombardment, however.)

Akatsuki was notably probably sunk by USS Portland, but was soon after torpedoed down by either Inazuma or Ikazuchi, which lends itself well to "revenge" in terms of the sisterhood the shipgirls are portrayed as having.

Further reading (Wikipedia)

She died like a real lady!

And she is hinted as the next DD who will get a Kai Ni.

She now has a kai ni with a searchlight equipped, reflecting her role in this battle.

translation bump. :)

Kuso_Teitoku said:

translation bump. :)

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firechikara said:

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