Historian Russell S. Crenshaw, Jr. postulates that had the twenty-four Mark 15 torpedoes fired by US Navy destroyers during the battle not been fatally flawed, the outcome of the battle might have been different.
Sejarawan Russell S. Crenshaw, Jr. mendalilkan bila sejumlah dua puluh empat torpedo ditembakkan oleh kapal-kapal perusak Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat selama pertempuran tidak cacat secara fatal, hasil pertempuran mungkin akan berbeda.