Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,1311 |9 j2 z- V8 @3 I/ t
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3 F7 m$ o- c1 y5 [& ]; r SS I-25
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2 Q7 G$ B+ X; Q* u) ~: Y CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
. P* }% i% \/ z+ e m3 \ CA Salt Lake City
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DD Balch1 ?4 N5 G& e3 N3 k; I- D9 |& w
DD Fanning; }) z: p; g. W$ t. t
DD Dunlap
1 s4 S" g9 a/ V" `7 k4 x( P% p; p DD Ellet
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SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise) e0 ~& f7 m: X( b) ~) M) R
DD Balch attacking submerged sub ....% y2 H6 O+ t$ M6 O( `" Z
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25+ c, g- |8 G7 b9 l% u
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25% k, \( y& o# g; V ~
DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25
# c9 R) D* C: d# x2 s) D( ]0 PDD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search
+ [% a5 v" C# T' q, T; O6 fDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...$ }5 o5 [9 N2 m! P/ r
DD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....
- c h% w' r- |7 E. |. x$ PDD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search
/ c$ d# ^" ]" C$ \: ]/ v7 `" eDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
3 P, U+ Z: ^! X, O6 M4 R) SDD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search
: U# c# ~9 }. T' o& [DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
$ d9 @/ |8 u5 w8 xDD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25
% p1 y! u0 K! a& ~, @DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...9 G! c2 \# A+ t( K" I5 v
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search..." c8 A& S( R6 n7 v+ E% {3 ~: h
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...; @" [' s+ }# y5 B7 u# Z
Escort abandons search for sub |