Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,1317 L' N5 x8 O7 r
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2 m% [+ J- J- B6 I2 c4 Z0 e I, d* B SS I-25
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Allied Ships4 U5 ^- c3 Y/ r, b
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage% A7 h0 W: r4 `/ p4 \3 _7 ?) Q* z+ U
CA Salt Lake City
& o: t9 C% w# a' g' o9 D DD McCall
8 p4 ^0 ?6 ]! l3 k3 A' Y DD Balch
' I# [% a+ m" r! ` DD Fanning
3 S; a( j+ ^7 c0 n DD Dunlap! P; B N/ I. N2 E N. x% b) L& ?
DD Ellet( r/ @1 F& d, R9 N o
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; p( A- | C5 S. E- [+ i0 CSS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise, G4 d7 K8 b5 {1 [" L$ v
DD Balch attacking submerged sub ....
1 d* }8 v1 _/ i$ g1 r# F' ?DD Balch loses contact with SS I-258 c( q; I$ G7 H, J
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-252 u* t& b2 b& R0 n
DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25, [. c$ m j! n, m# ^
DD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search
8 h4 x* c; c/ {# I5 g+ Z( w$ pDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...0 \$ U# Y0 ~# H4 o
DD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....
: t& I. ?/ P+ p0 q4 q+ t- oDD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search7 |5 v- ]# o! f! c. w' s; G
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...$ I# P2 z3 k8 U
DD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search# R! Q5 G/ `1 \1 r c0 [
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....; X! b: d9 k5 S; H1 b
DD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-253 ]+ E6 |# E3 n6 ^% O
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...' w: p+ h4 J8 |$ O
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
& A3 g% o3 Y9 v. gDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...0 b5 I. l3 i# f/ u. @/ e5 V# b
Escort abandons search for sub |