Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,1311 ?+ C6 T0 v- a; U G
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Japanese Ships ?# \9 S. z9 i7 Y2 o+ J9 Z$ Q
SS I-258 k* a i; X7 H" z0 ]
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Allied Ships
9 a7 I- @$ P; T8 D% L( T CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage7 h* N' A7 p1 O3 c: V2 G/ [
CA Salt Lake City" A% L! R3 m2 K4 y" v" Q
DD McCall
* R" R& Z1 e1 A: S DD Balch
( H1 P0 @. y4 x+ Y9 z1 @ DD Fanning
! ~* @: ^1 a1 q# N# g DD Dunlap
1 p) U! g; p; y% E, B# x; c DD Ellet. w4 C ?5 Y0 o4 o6 m1 F, J# f. n
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SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise
7 ^4 J' Q# _ F% b! aDD Balch attacking submerged sub ....
) [2 q2 O3 I" i+ f& \( \* qDD Balch loses contact with SS I-251 m+ k8 b+ G. S( P. _+ {
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
( a2 L# ]7 L1 `) {DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-255 g. h, h7 p% B5 T
DD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search/ V" f9 i! T& W# W
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...9 {- e* O/ ^ i/ B3 N
DD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....3 ]! Q7 b6 w, |* `/ H: F; B
DD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search; ^# @, f1 }. g7 B" G4 @* K2 p. M7 u" C
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...( Y4 v9 h3 u' F- h F- s
DD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search }3 k. P. v% V0 _
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
! b0 I* G$ e' @: d& v3 w i/ K. I% S( JDD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-251 K- b- b7 O' @( {
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
3 h" |* v$ X& L- T. V# e' c- VDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...+ g0 H& F& M$ X9 w% x J
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
2 h$ \; {0 {" w% d* |/ kEscort abandons search for sub |