The results of this advance were telling: the rangekeeper was able to track and fire at targets at a greater range and with increased accuracy, as was demonstrated in November 1942 when the battleship USS Washington BB-56 2 engaged the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship ship Japanese battleship Kirishima 2 at a range of 18500 yards at night; the Washington scored at least nine heavy caliber hits that critically damaged the Kirishima and led to her loss.