While screening USS Lexington (CV-16) on the night of November 3rd, 1944, the light cruiser USS Reno (CL-96) was hit by two torpedoes from the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-41. Both torpedoes hit Reno on her port side, aft. Luckily one failed to detonate, though the other caused considerable damage and almost sunk the ship. 46 sailors died & a similar number were injured.

 Herculean efforts to save the ship by the her crew and the fleet tugboat USS Zuni (ATF-95) (shown here alongside Reno the day after she was torpedoed) were successful. Zuni towed Reno 1,500 miles (2,800km) to Ulithi Atoll for temporary repairs. Reno was then able to steam under her own power back to the States for permanent repairs which were completed just as the war ended. She was used to transport US troops back home from Europe during Operation Magic Carpet before being decommissioned and placed in reserve. She was stricken from the Navy list in 1959 and scrapped a few years later.