Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,131
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Allied Ships
* x/ j7 U3 q* t0 M3 e+ m4 j9 ~& t CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
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DD Balch
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2 R. o6 O1 K/ C" y; x8 h: ~ DD Dunlap
X, \7 F9 S+ }( E+ I% G DD Ellet$ P0 k6 @( D/ q2 _$ L' F3 t8 @, n
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SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise' O: [$ W7 v; I9 t- }2 O0 A
DD Balch attacking submerged sub ....
+ O! Z& H! u0 v& x; z* {1 dDD Balch loses contact with SS I-252 W* t2 ] G% F+ w8 Y# x' `1 q
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25% f# }. f/ w6 r$ {
DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25; z2 s& a2 n- H% ~ p3 s7 c
DD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search: z/ Y3 N4 Q% R& E- |( p8 s3 N
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
, ?( b0 T0 W5 [: EDD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....1 P4 x' I3 J: k! _5 }
DD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search
, K% u- e `, u+ x/ h4 w- S: `DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...; f# w5 W) }8 g6 u4 g& }
DD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search, g6 M, |( l( \* \8 C2 H
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....) N. N' u- V8 R1 l4 ^4 a
DD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25
4 s; a- R- T- @! P# X( O+ wDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
0 p6 K9 I7 f- J6 D& {# ]DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
, l* F/ e; Y/ f0 o# e0 EDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
8 J9 o/ _) z4 i2 F" \' |7 s* rEscort abandons search for sub |