Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,131
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CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
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DD McCall/ I N4 J1 ]5 y+ D6 e
DD Balch b0 s6 `( T! Q: }6 C& T
DD Fanning$ x% {' O$ Q! Z8 B& S0 H
DD Dunlap
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SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise$ @+ K$ |- a3 b# _. c
DD Balch attacking submerged sub ....8 v0 @# M% a' U7 o* p
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
' Z& Z- M- f2 _$ m' D0 GDD Balch loses contact with SS I-254 s$ F8 `5 z% ~1 d
DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25
, R8 ~. Z6 C4 P7 a* ?! ~! h4 cDD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search
" i% W! X% P( Y0 N8 @8 ]3 \" J( ODD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
2 |4 K4 x; v9 Y" aDD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....
1 L5 E1 A! t( C4 T" KDD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search: E0 G, j( i4 V2 m' w* G/ w& n* S
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
, t% c$ u! F: a# W# r- g2 FDD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search
* N. M3 Z' c! rDD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
/ F% ^3 { q) l5 i6 KDD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25
# n7 B0 X, ?. I! S# e; B2 EDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...9 u: G8 J6 B4 F# N& D
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...9 p7 K8 `+ [. h* M
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...) y7 l; T5 L) a) I3 N X
Escort abandons search for sub |