6月6日夜,大半年没有集中出击的日军潜水战队集中了刚刚完成升级,装备了对海对空警戒雷达的新锐大型远洋潜艇近20艘,潜伏在盟军58准备撤回帕斯的必经之路上,企图对58进行偷袭。6 N' Y1 }0 K8 A
8 R0 w. @1 }- [6 M9 \; X9 U然而遭遇到58护航编队铺天盖地的反潜攻击,仅击沉一艘DD,连航母的毛都没能摸到一根,而自身损失极为惨重,当场被击沉1-30,I-32,I-35三艘潜艇,另有十多艘潜艇负伤,预计下回合仍然难逃盟军反潜船只的追杀,战况惨烈,看来装备了雷达的日本潜艇还是远非盟军对手。
' L" s$ c" y0 c+ oASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-37, hits 8
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DD Quadrant
6 F# ^/ S! k* c8 G' Y/ Q DD Quality
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SS I-30, hits 10 g5 T4 w* G0 f# m" R
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Allied Ships
7 g+ h+ ?0 ^ O4 F3 N" \ DD Ingersoll
- _/ {& l" |- ?8 T DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-11, hits 169 e3 q" R8 _: k
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DE Fleming* f b R, Y! b( h9 @/ { C) Y5 o. E$ l- t
DE Emery
6 G# p6 s8 p( n, ~" m6 }. m+ O DE Gilmore9 t3 I3 y( Y5 H: u# X
. S. H( p' S) ?ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 4
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* _& r- e4 O$ L: o8 j4 R7 z8 u8 v) l! B DD Ingersoll
% e$ \( X4 P9 L. k: r7 m( y0 o DD Isherwood
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' ~/ b9 }/ N% v Y* |7 m6 zSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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& J q) G$ Z1 ^) q5 I SS I-41, hits 12' H7 x9 U3 E) v, a
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% w' i7 q7 R9 Z/ t0 T. h DD Quadrant1 D8 t& [% c E: {/ q0 |
DD Quality; s Z+ g% M8 s
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9 r& Y F' w, r' y8 G# y4 K' _! Y SS I-6, hits 17! x# N5 _8 _2 n/ h( z
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DE Engstrom& A- o2 p5 ]: d% L% J; n6 d
DE Emery
1 `% g$ Q; R. g4 r DE Gilmore. h) E7 N0 N0 s( X7 h' g8 }
DE Fleming
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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1 }& p& Y0 z- Z% s SS I-31, hits 2
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w( ^8 [4 v" e$ _( X( r DD Worden
& d _5 r5 F( a7 y2 e DD Dale
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9 S3 _/ ^% d) q, ]. K0 LSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1252 N K# c) y6 R y& e! C% J8 J
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1 `- U" o6 X4 Z ] E4 U SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk# }5 f+ `4 l9 S
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n/ D& M' M T DD Downes9 n& _/ h g Y2 h7 v/ z' @$ u
DD Smith* C, ?# b1 s4 k& m2 [3 p
DD Rotherham
/ u) ^5 R5 w5 u* {$ {, V DD Roebuck
* ^; Q& m# a, K' a; H DD Relentless$ N% U/ x# w" k( Z* {) Q
DD Redoubt- ?2 A- ?& X- }5 J P7 J+ u
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk; n! u. R( S8 @: N
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DD Racehorse; f. O6 n1 }$ I0 B
DD Quilliam* e/ Q5 J% [* P( }7 L M' J
DD Smith
! p K! P6 V* c6 ?1 x f DD Rotherham
( F6 F! P( J" P$ T8 W% ]2 @ DD Roebuck
( y( d6 @9 J3 m" F( u+ _ DD Relentless, U# b1 p. T1 T" S
DD Redoubt
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk/ q( k. G; ~) [' O
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CA Canberra II
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DD Thatcher3 M" A+ Y- s0 Q
DD David Taylor& ?0 S2 O z" u, i9 c; i, T
DD Strong
. l _- {* M5 j( A0 C; L" z DD Stembel7 ~5 D/ J9 k9 T, ~! w& i, @
DD Schroeder$ h2 K, p( r, v3 q4 d" b% y, s' _
DD John Rodgers
% K0 k# {( R2 ~: }$ N5 T+ A DD Porterfield) P" o$ n$ g: V/ P% c- S
DD Picking6 }- v! ~3 I' o9 v
DD Wadleigh
' O1 n. N2 N/ a7 a F0 @ DD Uhlmann
% v0 z* D$ v* x7 j6 M DD Twining
# y' j, g6 S3 P- ` DD Trathen5 d* t& n1 C# Z, |
3 Q% R) I- X$ L2 `Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 101 ?5 i3 r1 d3 E9 D# _4 |. M
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- {2 m) k3 x2 ]( u1 Q& y7 K9 B DD Racehorse
2 |7 D! D, C' N* n6 i4 Q2 r ~& ~% A DD Downes
* p2 ?4 A0 u. r) R% @- a DD Smith
0 _ k7 }* x7 V" m% f DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless
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' R9 A4 a) a2 E SS I-43, hits 9
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* H# M9 \1 ^2 S& k2 q6 e8 A0 ~ DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
7 V9 h$ R* X! U6 Z" X8 a+ X DD Hopewell |