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。0 c- {/ o. z) r
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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。' U: a' e: y( v; S! A
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-37, hits 8
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DD Quadrant6 V9 i4 a( W* t; |; U
DD Quality& {4 \" D5 u: E8 n+ B8 e; @4 @
9 ?' R3 e& ~7 l7 H. dASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1257 I( _+ Q/ B2 P5 b
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Japanese Ships
* a$ ^5 M- L3 t SS I-30, hits 1; P% H. y5 h% b+ `/ y: j
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DD Ingersoll
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2 [, L' ] I: jSub attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-11, hits 16
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DE Fleming6 \% \4 Z# n& a/ J% [& Z: d
DE Emery
R' `2 k! b; D$ b& v9 X) E+ L DE Gilmore+ \# E' ^. R1 z' C( @2 E
* \" `6 e6 b2 V9 L; }ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125" y, t3 E! v1 p1 z: P
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SS I-28, hits 4
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DD Ingersoll2 |8 h* z: @3 D6 | v
DD Isherwood) G. n, Z. H2 u
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Japanese Ships
{$ s* K2 e4 C9 v SS I-41, hits 12
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Allied Ships& ^# b2 F z4 A
DD Quadrant
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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7 I" I1 |+ H" }$ e1 O$ O SS I-6, hits 174 p' P: R0 W4 x0 k+ L% f- l+ f& Q6 V
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. [0 T/ F7 E4 H" j/ G/ n DE Engstrom
7 v* H" @0 j, I- o+ ?7 |6 k DE Emery
4 a, D/ B; S5 t DE Gilmore
k0 n; i6 C# f4 d DE Fleming# }; | q+ A9 ^+ D8 S( S& L$ `
; r5 @$ P4 q* `% |' B0 n- _! J% P4 {Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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Japanese Ships
% l" w( b! |) E SS I-31, hits 2
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Allied Ships
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DD Dale7 H8 G( D5 o9 u# q
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Japanese Ships
- C8 V" T' w( D' q' K2 e5 j8 V SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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$ j" k/ [& e e; ~, V& X3 b6 A' Q DD Downes
M5 J# |0 H& B. g/ u DD Smith
8 P. o! T8 O. c. [ DD Rotherham
4 t4 Z6 ^: \. g% j1 k9 ^ DD Roebuck( R3 X7 N' V% D! p, N; o y- R
DD Relentless
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk A7 ^6 y, h0 M- D5 u
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Allied Ships
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DD Smith; r N }, _/ v+ {0 h
DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless) l* t( M2 S% U" _* n1 ^6 N# ~
DD Redoubt# _; J9 u' D+ r7 m; o. |0 C
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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% `2 g R! W5 a0 s; G) w SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk# }3 T4 T0 g( \0 S
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CA Canberra II$ ] }7 n9 x& ^* H
CA Exeter% Y4 Q/ T& A F) P- `
DD Thatcher9 t- }3 \5 C2 |0 G3 A; _' q
DD David Taylor& j9 ^7 a1 m$ _% L0 t" x% H
DD Strong
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DD Schroeder+ Q4 N) n; V# b
DD John Rodgers, h! y8 E4 V3 k* U* ?7 Q
DD Porterfield/ \( p. f% @4 C$ j& {
DD Picking
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DD Uhlmann
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& I* B% Q' c$ [3 e9 m/ b DD Trathen
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SS I-28, hits 10/ J6 Z/ ^% f% R
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DD Downes
7 `" e. d; J. ?/ x DD Smith
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% Q3 H7 T" L2 G! a DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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