Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,131/ e4 W, ?+ P9 x- n! Y5 D/ ~; v
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CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage5 ~" ^3 v i. R' Q
CA Salt Lake City
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DD Balch- C3 {# V5 u! Q4 c7 Q6 [+ F
DD Fanning- o5 r+ N' f: j3 c. i
DD Dunlap
+ R: p2 G8 K Q4 G7 c T: C5 c5 W DD Ellet
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5 Z7 S! Q; ^. O, i* r+ V0 kSS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise1 n" j9 t. l) j( m2 c" T
DD Balch attacking submerged sub ....
Y& N8 d% z6 v; ^DD Balch loses contact with SS I-254 x0 y) v, b2 e* a, e# ?7 Y' J3 b
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
# F7 o% Y9 q# R" S+ ?) @DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-256 L$ C. u+ Z V3 j H
DD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search& y0 }4 Q- l! s4 x
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
5 b- T2 H% w8 a: F$ v6 m1 C4 c8 nDD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....
3 [. t3 p2 F% z3 U9 }8 eDD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search
$ T+ ]2 d4 W& D- PDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
0 X& b X) F8 k( D* @6 X( gDD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search
9 J& s8 a' w$ B3 _DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....6 o% C* ?; Z2 S& ?9 t) a
DD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25" K$ |/ o2 _: e6 |
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
! @, x E. \( C/ S+ j- o8 A* ~DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search..." w- |$ o5 W+ R( z7 c: Y# ^* A( C& W
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...4 O c. \7 f% h4 \( x
Escort abandons search for sub |