Interesting. True, if the correspondent had been there and the sound equipment used correctly it probably would have been the scoop of a lifetime and a famous WWII story.
Only a few known recordings made and one is the sinking of a Battleship and a Destroyer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sealion_(SS-315)
At 0245, Sealion, ahead of the task force, turned in and slowed for the attack. Eleven minutes later, she fired six torpedoes at the second ship in line, Kongō. At 0259, she fired three at Nagato. At 0300, her crew saw and heard three hits from the first salvo, flooding two of Kongō's boiler rooms and giving her a list to port. Nagato, alerted by the explosions, turned hard and the Sealion's second salvo missed ahead, running on to hit and sink Urakaze; the destroyer's magazines were hit by the torpedo. She blew up and sank quickly with the loss of all hands on board, including ComDesDiv 17 Yokota Yasuteru.