Meanwhile the _Vizcaya_ ran up the white flag and the _Texas_ stopped firing.

She, like the _Infanta Maria Teresa_, was on fire and her crews could do nothing but take to the shore in the desperate effort to save themselves.
The _Almirante Oquendo_ and the _Colon_ were still fleeing for life, with the _Iowa, Oregon, Brooklyn_ and _Texas_ hard after them.

Suddenly the _Almirante Oquendo_ turned toward shore.

The _Brooklyn_ and _Oregon_ kept after the _Cristobal Colon_, leaving the _Texas_ to dispose of the _Almirante Oquendo_.

But the latter was in flames and the flag at her stern was pulled down.