You mean the Battle Off Samar? If so, yes - the Hoel at the same action, for the same reasons, though not as successfully.
USS San Francisco, CA38, had her bridge blown off with all command personnel on the bridge killed at the naval battle of Guadalcanal. The survivor, a communications officer, was left on what remained of the bridge to provide eyes to guide the ship. Steering and engine control was shifted to her alternate control center, Battle 2, which was subsequently destroyed by enemy gunfire. Control was then shifted to the conning tower, which was hit by shellfire and temporarily knocked out. In the end, the engineering crew was steering and driving the ship with only verbal commands from abovedecks guiding them. It managed to make it home.
Yes, I did mean Samar. Thanks. As I recall the skipper of the Johnston was seen standing on the fan tail yelling orders to the sailors inside who were operating the rudder by hand.