Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,1319 V! \# B( w; u7 d, G3 ~
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Allied Ships
1 C7 v0 R( w% J" d3 O CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 l2 a; }3 k4 V& L$ \$ U7 z CA Salt Lake City9 G7 }5 H* M/ N0 d
DD McCall# R, J& O2 O0 n! w) L% g% a R
DD Balch8 B- l. S4 Z: A5 \# k
DD Fanning8 t1 t- l, y7 |+ r$ N) q
DD Dunlap; g. ~. N/ a9 i C' C: T
DD Ellet
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1 h* X+ G# H; L8 D1 F2 `, a8 A OSS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise7 p- |( Z. ]4 A5 \3 i' j
DD Balch attacking submerged sub ....
) T6 \" G# X6 r/ p+ `DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
6 m- Q& i& B1 J; r* @( r3 G# P' k9 }DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
' d; y! N. g: sDD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25
1 s. P9 X) D5 w4 p3 m" h& k/ xDD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search
" S ^3 ]) g0 H9 b7 T8 s9 D2 [DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...) G% b* X6 m% t' I8 p* _
DD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....
( i& p& \' \2 |* wDD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search0 `- @& q1 j8 W' s- X
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
4 m* H& \/ O8 Z$ O/ e0 Y- r6 PDD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search, M( {: b! D+ m5 A
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
7 s' N, E0 k5 R" n3 tDD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25
0 d4 u% X) C: d6 T& r! hDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
* Q) }9 U$ {6 a1 ZDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
) e+ l% C- g5 K$ ]' u! aDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...* ~8 m( ~. ?) ~, @: i. X
Escort abandons search for sub |