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。' I% |" {. R) l U6 l; N$ G
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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。
4 W( w8 J3 T$ B3 n; l* A8 l) JASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125 ^7 M1 W' U7 G
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SS I-37, hits 8' _9 R( U& x. w9 G3 T/ w2 }
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DD Quadrant
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, l2 W. @2 |7 ?) I3 }) w$ o/ @7 ZASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 1, _- F b* W: B. s. y
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, j( l' n0 x) @* Q- p0 W DD Ingersoll
" w9 G8 K. y6 M! | DD Isherwood% B! r! w1 i7 ~& b$ m7 P
7 R S4 f6 F- W$ sSub attack near Broome at 62,125" P" r/ ]/ l; ^& N/ A/ X' ]
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, J1 K2 \% z9 l H j: ` SS I-11, hits 16
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5 Z1 x+ L/ @; o1 X+ ` DE Fleming' w, S3 j% d$ m
DE Emery' y; k' n" B4 j* E/ ~; |0 X
DE Gilmore4 c$ I" H* v4 }; G, [* J& @
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1256 C; p' r5 r, P; D0 S) Y5 d
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Allied Ships
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DD Isherwood
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SS I-41, hits 12
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DD Quadrant5 K5 S0 A1 s3 M3 W; d' r
DD Quality; ^/ I. G& F% v# Z) L
% H9 q* {. A# {) K- W3 X( }ASW attack near Broome at 62,125; J$ X: s1 W/ f; h2 y1 S
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SS I-6, hits 170 B' S+ @6 e3 ^, c% p' |
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DE Engstrom
- Q2 j' D2 ?* q; x: F# c DE Emery
3 }' g8 p6 j; S1 K2 G( `4 p DE Gilmore' Z' ~8 [* e' o6 O8 ?8 R
DE Fleming% f1 K. s1 Q1 G5 _+ U8 p
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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, y) F8 \) [' y/ |7 d! ~! L' T SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Worden$ P" |6 z: v3 f( z
DD Dale
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+ _4 `2 m6 ]4 _$ }/ g/ GSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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. h4 S2 I! J$ M) U" M# G SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes) H8 ^- B. Y ]/ I9 T
DD Smith
5 ^3 _+ }/ Z! F* [. K! D$ q DD Rotherham
( @2 C/ V+ E# Y) j+ V DD Roebuck6 q6 y' l4 E4 W! ]
DD Relentless2 g& Q6 D9 \6 \" z" D
DD Redoubt: ?3 g1 Z# [+ t5 l% p5 H
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125, ~* a+ q5 m! r# {! j
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) q1 m: a- K o SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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! @' Y3 Q, `+ _$ R6 E DD Racehorse
" H% O7 R2 y( q6 g DD Quilliam
# `3 g6 p. A& ]# [$ t6 t5 W DD Smith' q+ E" l& c! E4 s2 Y2 n- [1 F
DD Rotherham
- i* g# x' \9 n7 K; y2 k DD Roebuck5 H3 N. F1 o' v U) R
DD Relentless* y7 q0 S( I' Z
DD Redoubt a, E5 _; S; p& a% ]
, B# W" R! a) a+ Y0 U* ^Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125+ h, T! o) \3 f% `! z, J8 [4 U) @) c
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* D! X2 z4 ~5 o3 q* L SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk' Z! _5 z* ^, I
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CA Canberra II( @( f2 u3 R3 W+ D- E
CA Exeter# Y2 h; T. v8 Y
DD Thatcher
2 D* k! b6 {! ~+ L; | DD David Taylor
0 w& P* G/ D6 Q2 T8 s DD Strong
& a. t4 d; Y4 z1 P9 F) y6 k! p DD Stembel
4 G; S2 k" I1 ]- d" R DD Schroeder1 ?3 o' _2 n3 {6 Z3 T
DD John Rodgers
2 o2 x+ M" j7 d ^# L DD Porterfield
* A6 s- z, p7 a" l$ F3 _, ? DD Picking
6 _# Z5 [' H7 P; G7 q& G$ t DD Wadleigh; U( L X7 O5 o4 D1 n% _
DD Uhlmann+ W2 y6 Q; p( U* {3 g' [& {1 j
DD Twining
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SS I-28, hits 10, i( L% M. \4 r0 I" Z4 F- |
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k3 w# i, ~. h! k6 `4 H DD Racehorse
4 G0 E ?2 T/ J+ o9 O4 a DD Downes
+ B$ `$ {8 s1 I+ ] DD Smith
. p/ b( i: y E D' j5 D DD Rotherham
2 Y; P. B* k6 ^3 }; h2 G9 V DD Roebuck0 m. W% H' G+ S0 q( e1 I
DD Relentless
* r/ \: X" g5 p) `9 i: X DD Rapid
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-43, hits 96 q# S4 c! m+ R; [, L8 `/ Z
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4 Y( r& F+ g7 v7 r$ A9 L- { g DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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