Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,131
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Allied Ships
% M0 \2 R, c2 k5 R$ T9 s CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
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8 r# x, v+ X# e# d. ~; u1 ^ DD McCall
- _: a) h( A- I( U. \ Q: m DD Balch
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DD Ellet
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SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise7 k8 B. c" O/ s7 A* z# L2 p
DD Balch attacking submerged sub ....
9 i% l$ ]3 L l8 s/ _" H- j5 pDD Balch loses contact with SS I-25& W6 K" g6 F2 N0 ?2 ~$ }) c2 o
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
! R6 ?( q, ?0 H4 X8 D+ R7 ?DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-252 a9 o1 G2 F+ p6 q6 A* l5 B' b# m
DD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search0 P/ S' C" X9 a% r% }) X
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...1 L6 r5 c. o1 y! H% {
DD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....
1 N9 L! _+ }" k% w' `1 ~; Q. \DD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search
& Y1 e, R) }% r s( y9 nDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...8 a2 c* S5 t, Z2 z
DD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search
4 V# D. P4 |+ ?. w2 Q) KDD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....# {' I8 j5 T" w _6 \/ Z
DD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25
/ m) U( r+ s+ }: QDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
& A8 B# K7 c; d! RDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
& v7 K) f% Q; L! a8 q/ {DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
1 U/ f2 l/ q% W# X( s4 _Escort abandons search for sub |