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。
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$ c( P# p( T" G9 Z) l0 h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。+ T g5 s( l; ]2 j$ ]; S
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125' F: o$ E9 _# [9 T7 X' U! ]
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0 s: J7 s; |) F. { SS I-37, hits 8. W9 G$ A0 j+ V) O% i
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DD Quadrant
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9 P3 U" L5 `4 a* b6 Y( ^ v7 m2 {ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 1
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0 M! S5 E" s9 Q& Z2 i DD Ingersoll
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125! r: V5 n" J& B' E/ y. w6 J6 s5 Q0 ^
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: v" _: Q# x7 Z& v) m DE Fleming
: C' x4 A2 ~+ T8 E6 o DE Emery
9 W' F9 _( D5 [ DE Gilmore2 F; ?! ?8 A' q8 n$ _" b) U3 s5 a
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125+ w" r! d3 K- U. t/ A; q3 S/ k, O' C
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4 n8 J+ }7 Z( E p4 M" S SS I-28, hits 49 b1 a' R# S9 z) P: c$ _
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2 Z9 |" Z) s% Z( I% r) G3 t: C DD Ingersoll& d' s* g% e" j0 }# }
DD Isherwood
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9 @7 {% e C. |+ x. w& ~6 q0 O; ySub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-41, hits 12
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-6, hits 17& q6 w# x8 H5 _8 B0 F
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6 D1 ]" x: z6 R* M2 ? DE Engstrom9 _* L8 J2 T# ]) q& O2 u! _
DE Emery
5 o2 g( {8 h: n* N5 l0 w! {+ f DE Gilmore
4 [% r' u, p: Z+ U y7 I0 L2 N" k DE Fleming2 P" A( ]. k& b. w
9 E% ]! [& S9 a$ B; JSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1250 W3 D' H3 S1 C4 d2 f3 V' p
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SS I-31, hits 2# e* W8 C M$ s, j) s, }5 C
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DD Dale$ N; d* F( @8 j$ C* n( l9 E
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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1 R6 e' q7 c$ ~8 [& E+ E SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes; P; O# P5 \) x4 ~7 f1 D5 J6 u9 B
DD Smith6 g5 t$ S8 s( l2 n+ y) R# G
DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless1 T$ m( M+ z4 O
DD Redoubt$ X$ R/ D4 _8 Z+ z9 {) z
" A; q* B: s1 Y+ `Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1252 U3 {$ n/ g, C8 r" C9 ^/ L
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Racehorse* r' `+ U& m( D+ l6 `5 A, U
DD Quilliam
8 j8 o, G+ ^. b7 l0 }$ A: U- |* ` DD Smith
6 Q9 ]& s) T! h1 p# d; J# U: Z DD Rotherham
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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
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DD Thatcher* K' X+ ], M+ s: |+ j
DD David Taylor% c& S+ d! {5 v
DD Strong
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DD Schroeder8 n, C) J1 g) A* [% d
DD John Rodgers! z) e2 a- ]* E# L( ?6 B8 I6 I
DD Porterfield
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DD Wadleigh
, {% r6 t6 t: ]0 Y- _& @9 I DD Uhlmann
7 K# u; ^$ V$ l# ^. }* w DD Twining2 x. a% J, g9 r- j B- D
DD Trathen
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SS I-28, hits 10
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DD Downes" G. f/ \, ~$ |
DD Smith" q# r& G ~0 y p: i
DD Rotherham
0 F) z- u0 }4 B- p( j DD Roebuck
6 g$ ^9 U6 f- o& e6 r; U O DD Relentless. Z3 z( F9 {! X$ U& L1 N2 ]9 H
DD Rapid F% V% I5 A/ D j/ } p+ [
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SS I-43, hits 97 D9 Y1 O! S) `* {! r; }
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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