Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,131 O, Z) d/ k6 V! r2 \, {# E
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Japanese Ships1 O; Z$ p% p9 X8 N0 D4 }
SS I-25
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Allied Ships
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DD McCall
# P1 J# O: ?& H. ]( j) R DD Balch
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DD Dunlap$ i) J3 I8 `% M7 N' o4 [
DD Ellet, C5 U. D8 h! c7 @( `1 f
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) Q( [. J/ R9 a: a, tSS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise
3 I3 A) s4 c. M- b# RDD Balch attacking submerged sub ....
0 V' v2 D5 [8 [+ X d& IDD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
2 U( y7 C% I, c. \8 E5 f9 yDD Balch loses contact with SS I-258 m, k) U0 ~. ~: E- D* f3 N
DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25
- g+ t, j v4 Y. _% Q. VDD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search% D8 j3 g" l8 L( \
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
5 F6 T( ]3 B* b( ~5 B+ M* GDD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....
' L9 A$ u: M, GDD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search7 m( ]3 K$ O& H- E
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search... z2 ]6 w' s. b& S7 p
DD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search" W! H. D5 `% k$ G: A8 q% |
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
O% y8 `# ]3 m# O: D1 e" gDD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-258 h) g9 M$ f" f# O, C
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
+ q$ j3 A5 b4 n+ pDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
1 P5 C. w% ~$ I6 W% A: BDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...5 z' f0 F) w- ^/ U; ^( t; y
Escort abandons search for sub |