Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,131
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SS I-255 E$ k6 D" J ?' r: X5 H
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Allied Ships
* R4 c! S7 j1 z- X5 B CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage7 a$ ~' C8 \+ ~$ y8 w: `
CA Salt Lake City1 ~3 r& m, u; _8 a
DD McCall( O% ~0 f: K1 K; b3 i
DD Balch6 j: w3 |8 k# q. o' ^: X G3 {+ z
DD Fanning7 ^! k' g3 s( U' Z' C; n8 b
DD Dunlap
/ f# X: |* V n5 a9 V- B0 e DD Ellet
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SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise; a9 J S( g5 m7 T
DD Balch attacking submerged sub ....2 a; u9 F9 L/ h( T4 Q9 n
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25% s* g, t& z1 T; L; Z4 ~
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
/ s' Y3 J. _) QDD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25
f* T9 E3 x: ~: d8 rDD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search5 \6 q0 H6 g6 s. W
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
! |8 ~% Y+ m1 ]/ d; [8 X4 ~+ ADD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....* o8 @1 K, f" o
DD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search( g+ M- k3 L2 W, z' g* n' L
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
- Q) t. r4 g; [: ~DD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search- w4 W5 A2 Y4 [! @
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ..... p2 k3 _) I- S; o: i
DD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25
+ Y3 O) `- T5 k5 a: K: c4 x; b0 JDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
( F) R5 Q2 e( \! h1 |DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...# F% C$ [' L' q* R& n
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...( k/ }) z& a" Z U, J+ P* ?9 y
Escort abandons search for sub |