The Fremantle-based US submarines DARTER and DACE sank two Japanese heavy cruisers and damaged a third. DARTER torpedoed the ATAGO and TAKAO in Balabac Strait. TAKAO escaped damage. DACE torpedoed and sank the MAYA in the same waters.
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The Fremantle-based US submarines DARTER and DACE sank two Japanese heavy cruisers and damaged a third. DARTER torpedoed the ATAGO and TAKAO in Balabac Strait. TAKAO escaped damage. DACE torpedoed and sank the MAYA in the same waters.