Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,131
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4 [* r3 p5 b1 g9 ~- r p1 `Japanese Ships
, x# H: u6 q, ` SS I-25
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3 @* e5 m/ | s5 _2 G CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage1 y! a( N) \0 m6 {/ I9 C% L
CA Salt Lake City
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& l6 z* ~2 G! O+ e6 c DD Balch
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$ a. o& S# k9 n+ T" \' U! K7 C DD Dunlap+ U& D: `3 j' [* T; w4 m( t$ ~1 v
DD Ellet9 N4 W2 F+ x; ?( y6 Q. h2 T
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SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise
( t o) j4 p7 L7 ]: KDD Balch attacking submerged sub ..... L" i, K8 x2 t& A7 j- U
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
0 f# R* T& a1 A) ?* y+ L% O7 hDD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
0 g9 Z' N: b. ~4 n7 F7 QDD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25
; t0 o6 e( }! s; ?8 _6 ^DD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search& h5 i# V$ B; P4 T$ s7 O
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
; O. y' L6 K J; a: EDD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....
. V7 E& }- ^; [( L( L0 M* FDD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search
6 a1 k5 n; E% ` D8 v2 N' CDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
) _* o+ C$ M( B, WDD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search& V/ F o8 R+ u: c
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ..... }: \! ]$ |# B8 G V0 N# \' `
DD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25, D& y Y* H* p5 H3 [9 I4 ]' I
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
6 P: G* X, O; P( w U- xDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...( C3 B, j0 o1 u6 M ^) |1 w
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...1 w$ V% G6 }3 K* Y; J
Escort abandons search for sub |