There were: USS San Francisco CA-38 2 , ripped by heavy caliber hits during the night battle off Savo Island on 13 November 1942; USS New Orleans CA-32 2 and USS Pensacola CA-24 2 , the latter with a torpedo hole measuring 24 by 40 feet , a flooded after engine room, and two propeller shafts broken; the New Zealand light cruiser Achilles, which, besides shrapnel and collision damage, had taken a direct hit on her after turret; and the torpedoed and fire-damaged cargo ship USS Alchiba AKA-6 2 .