My FIL was a sailor on the Corregidor, a sister ship of the Lissome Bay, and was near her when she was hit. His battle station was at an antiaircraft gun position on the side of the ship. He saw the torpedoes coming and thought at first they were coming toward him. He believed a big explosion on the Lissome Bay was from a torpedo penetrating to the magazine.
Taffy 3 really took a beating, but they put up such a fight that it buffaloed the Japanese, and they beat a retreat. They weren’t ready to lose the Yamamoto, and probably thought more counterattacking planes were on the way. Our magnificent men saved the US invasion.
The Japanese policy after they started the war against the US was, since there’s not enough fuel supply to keep the entire fleet running, so the loss of ships wasn’t as important. And when they did make a big push, they brought everything, fully fueled or not.