How about mentioning that Washington closed to within 7700 m of Kirishima - point blank range[*] - while the latter was occupied with shooting hell out of South Dakota. Washington got 9 hits on Kirishima for 75 main gun rounds fired at Kirishima (rounds were also fired at other targets).
[*] Point-blank range was the characterization by renowned authorities Dulin and Garzke.
The action was at night; both sides suffered surprise even though the US ships had good radar.
As for the Japanese destroyer - it never was hit by the battleship. It got away.
Duke of York opened fire on Scharnhorst at 10,900 m - pretty close to point blank. Admittedly, scoring a hit on the first salvo was extraordinary. Later, Duke poured in shells at only 9500 m, but again, just like Bismarck, it took torpedoes to finish the job.