Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,1315 K* `6 t# f8 W1 ^3 s+ C) M
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Japanese Ships
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CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage" B. b% V9 Q2 D) `) a3 c/ l$ g
CA Salt Lake City
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DD Balch
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DD Dunlap- E$ F& `) a0 `8 p# a4 A0 s9 X
DD Ellet
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* @% W; I2 U0 i3 I1 USS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise
$ G" ~8 B# a" TDD Balch attacking submerged sub ....
9 o* s, l& ~8 ?: z- N8 ]9 Y! Y. c6 gDD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
0 x' a! z1 e7 t, ~; t3 nDD Balch loses contact with SS I-258 y* }' J0 x+ D7 b$ Y& L- f$ p
DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25# P" L3 P/ F3 E) F& G0 i
DD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search
% s0 E1 Q! Z. O% k% O! d/ S& VDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...% v, H) b9 h# w
DD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....2 S4 x. g% e' \) D
DD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search
g" _: C$ N- s o2 k3 _DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...1 W0 E2 u6 e; ] j6 @ v- X! s
DD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search
8 D- P7 N* _: gDD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....! a1 ^: ~. U7 ^* m. f
DD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25# N3 U6 Q2 B3 Q. v' Q
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
- [' f0 q4 I: q, X9 g* ?2 P( S( fDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...0 ~; X; U4 e5 N4 Q4 @: Y: z
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
$ f6 M* O- f2 ^( R4 ~/ f( C. d2 \Escort abandons search for sub |