within minutes both destroyers were ablaze and sinking. still moving west, the indiana finally got to use her thirteen-inch rifled guns, as she opened up on the "almirante oquendo". wreathed in flame with many of its guns out of action including one, inside which its own shells had detonated, oquendo finally ran aground. by now the rest of the spanish ships had also fallen to american fire. the fighting was over, and it was one of the most lopsided victories in naval history. every spanish ship was destroyed and no american vessel had suffered more than token damage. waller's gun crews reportedly fired 500 rounds from their 6-inch guns during the 61-minute melee.