Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,1311 M1 c$ M# R! q5 ?& |; b
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Japanese Ships1 j) i1 ^/ Q6 M; ]# J# t& I
SS I-253 |9 X; g8 g0 Z7 Z Q
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Allied Ships5 [* N8 d& H5 }. Z
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage$ s. }' s# G6 s8 ]5 p* Y
CA Salt Lake City
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DD Fanning9 T9 S3 \% R' o0 W3 v& M; Z4 v. i
DD Dunlap" P3 P% o8 d; k+ _5 s
DD Ellet: R* q4 r! j! ?! |' D
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SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise. c+ j; Q: Z# l. l4 ^
DD Balch attacking submerged sub ...., }' ]$ O3 y. }! h
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-252 l+ h) Y. _. |- z0 _+ `' I
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25" t. {6 `- U* n$ h0 p- z) I
DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25
, {) V. w8 R3 t2 G! KDD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search6 u; J( M0 J8 |+ o, z& |
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...% _, ]) d |6 O5 Z' X+ a
DD Ellet attacking submerged sub ...., K: x9 Z. G I. ~* v) [
DD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search$ Z2 F T$ }; c o
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
$ M: D z- B% I0 `: r& M6 RDD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search
4 \% E/ D$ ^% C4 o, r) i e$ RDD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
, w1 C$ u+ q; ?5 E9 W. u# SDD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25% M) d# c1 O2 l7 N
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...7 R8 N- O: X1 p, p) l- r4 I
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
5 c8 v* x) O6 x# ^; E, k) W! q8 KDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...* z$ t; x' C# r% B9 X9 N
Escort abandons search for sub |