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Most significantly, however, Washington soon engaged Kirishima in the first head-to-head confrontation of battleships in the Pacific War. In seven minutes, tracking by radar, Washington fired 75 rounds of 16 inch and 107 rounds of five-inch shells at ranges from 8,400 to 12,650 yards, scoring at least nine hits with her main 16" battery, and about 40 with her five-inchers, silencing the enemy Kirishima in short order and setting her on fire. Subsequently, Washington's five-inch batteries went to work on other targets spotted by her radar electronics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Washington_(BB-56)

keep in mind it was at night, says in the article she started firing at 18,000 yards