gunner's mate third class paul h. carr was in charge of the aft gun mount, which had fired nearly all of its 325 stored rounds in 35 minutes before a breech explosion. carr was found dying at his station from a severe intestinal wound, begging for help to load the last round he was holding into the breech. he had scored a great many hits on the heavy cruiser "chokai", also sunk that day. he was posthumously awarded a silver star, and a guided missile frigate was later named for him. the guided missile frigates and were also named for the ship and its captain. at 09:35, the order was given to abandon ship. she sank 30 minutes later, with 90 of her sailors.