 Six U.S. Navy battleships and eight cruisers were lying in wait for "Yamashiro"; she did not survive the encounter, and Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura went down with his ship.Only ten crewmembers from each ship survived.The design of the "Fusō"-class battleships was shaped both by the ongoing international naval arms race and a desire among Japanese naval planners to maintain a fleet of capital ships powerful enough to defeat the United States Navy in an encounter in Japanese territorial waters.