Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,1317 O1 O2 h8 z& z: H: E1 \
( M' v; e4 r c3 {! i. mJapanese Ships
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Allied Ships
4 r# |1 Z3 _$ K; v6 r CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage! [( X* P/ _& h+ a3 N( I
CA Salt Lake City
2 Z! M" d0 y9 I Q DD McCall ~. x$ T) ^' t; h5 _% g
DD Balch& |$ |' S9 C6 u4 n. ~/ [' b$ b: ]5 {
DD Fanning
9 Y6 @' S, l9 u8 f1 d DD Dunlap
7 j w8 b3 |% o2 X DD Ellet
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1 o4 D! q0 `/ ]+ _3 a: MSS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise2 n& y% L; v+ _0 G. B
DD Balch attacking submerged sub ....
& H1 n2 ~( c! [$ K, G& c* h k' IDD Balch loses contact with SS I-25' d4 |) `2 @$ e' ~" ~
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25$ V, Y) h& a$ `4 x9 J5 g3 r
DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25
# B( V+ ]" d( R, `5 c7 q% HDD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search
# a$ }$ C& n! _ e, wDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...) f; [# s9 m7 j& `3 B
DD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....
+ [5 z' \ J9 e* |7 QDD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search1 G' n3 r+ e+ e3 H0 N/ g1 g
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...; M6 S* B7 @% k& |" \9 B( l
DD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search
$ [2 N/ e& {: N$ [0 oDD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
' ?$ O: p, E4 `/ _DD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-256 [7 `; x" w) B o; |% [
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...# }% I6 C' Z6 y1 H7 k( A# S
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
: L, r/ L4 k" b# a# p9 L5 g; yDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...9 W, n5 n P+ N. J( Y! Y. ^
Escort abandons search for sub |