Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,1313 {9 }7 t7 H; f. U4 s2 @
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: `" H% f# u; f, j: Z SS I-257 ?1 A9 M! e# Z
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Allied Ships
$ a) q. n, N. s- {& a, H" \ CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage2 J: N# e" {! [) }. X+ a
CA Salt Lake City
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DD Balch
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DD Dunlap
, s6 R0 O; z0 p7 I6 {! m% n/ M0 ^ DD Ellet
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o# B& F+ D: cSS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise+ T0 H0 ?$ a, j
DD Balch attacking submerged sub ....) R* F* {! @+ }' s8 P+ g# E
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-257 X p1 X9 p+ p" R5 W, t/ y' Z
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25' C2 J0 f) G9 H2 M" a
DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25
|$ Y3 a4 k5 vDD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search
/ M, i2 O- k4 N& X" q, I' eDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...6 A% Z0 T; O* S$ u! Y1 F
DD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....) N& g% c3 H3 L
DD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search d* ^" q3 A0 B& t! y- n9 z
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
3 C& a2 Z( k/ O4 ]+ i# T% s VDD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search
* ~ \# f$ F8 f# n: d2 U. t2 rDD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ..... W' n: T, \& r
DD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25
" B7 e' H, l5 y, L9 G/ S7 `DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...* b5 Z/ ~% _6 g5 t8 J. E9 c+ S
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
! y, B8 t* E( s! ]. ^5 N f @5 ~! DDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
# X4 z% i5 T1 v3 f8 QEscort abandons search for sub |