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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; m; i! t# [/ i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。2 h- n! d; @4 `/ Q F
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125! o" z5 o8 T6 ?- D6 a+ v
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# j0 `& @; Z# t4 l$ K+ X S# C SS I-37, hits 85 a) q* ^- C+ L$ U* P9 E: [0 o5 A
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' ]/ j# t: @# u' g2 u4 [! W SS I-30, hits 16 W1 P6 @& a. A8 W: a
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- L; H$ D ^3 d+ Z! @% ^6 J DD Ingersoll
4 W7 R/ f1 @9 C6 \. [( P DD Isherwood
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& g8 F X/ n+ U6 F" x, MSub attack near Broome at 62,125# q* M# B9 @) [* e, ?9 T( Q
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SS I-11, hits 16
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Allied Ships
' [5 x k9 ^0 }( P0 L# V1 o# z DE Fleming
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DE Gilmore) B4 t. d4 R. ~5 M/ ?! B9 ~
: Y5 i& \" m/ j6 [ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1259 V% F+ t$ j6 |) K2 i8 ]$ Q1 x& T# n
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SS I-28, hits 4
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D5 q `0 V, n) |& ?' L k DD Ingersoll
' d9 w5 |: f. F% \, q D! K9 Y DD Isherwood2 t7 J* U& ^9 i, _2 \5 }
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! E. Q7 F9 U5 n/ _ SS I-41, hits 12
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DD Quality
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SS I-6, hits 175 |0 P! z. C+ m$ M6 ?/ O
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4 J3 `" P- z* O( {. n* y) m DE Engstrom( Y" Z( i/ ]& K. T6 I4 s. \
DE Emery
: k+ o8 q/ X4 k3 w DE Gilmore
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% U- d) A. d w6 r8 E7 \* XSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-31, hits 2' u3 X8 m9 ?+ N
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DD Worden( K5 j) F! Q5 O$ l! E4 c! g* Z0 Y
DD Dale
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes
6 a( M. C& [8 s, B8 n, C DD Smith$ Z4 a/ k; d4 o% E& f' p
DD Rotherham
2 e! g% U8 \% |0 x3 f5 d DD Roebuck8 s9 T$ E8 \8 k% U( N
DD Relentless
' k* y, ?! Q8 D! Y; H4 K DD Redoubt# \& R1 P. K8 {
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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5 f' ?6 Y6 `, X- v6 x SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk* V: F: f7 e$ @5 M
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( Y0 p8 F9 @1 [: r+ |" C/ ~ DD Racehorse
/ |) Z! e, t, R" i; N& S3 l DD Quilliam
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DD Roebuck$ h i) z, X7 n- l% O
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DD Redoubt" O. ~" M @* Z8 a |6 e
/ h0 F7 L$ _; `0 X5 O: Z9 lSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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1 \0 x. t0 ]! t Z SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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CA Canberra II& c' D( }0 m+ E& W/ d
CA Exeter
' L. Q2 _& W7 H8 ? DD Thatcher$ s+ J& [# x) Z
DD David Taylor
3 u" G( b% F- v DD Strong% J7 r! u' w$ w9 y% V) e
DD Stembel* b7 }4 O. O5 U* J
DD Schroeder
9 _; V% `( S4 y6 P5 K DD John Rodgers
0 h2 S: T. K5 N T1 C" O* q) M DD Porterfield) v1 w/ L$ l7 d/ A- f! X9 H
DD Picking
- X; V6 f* h* t5 ] DD Wadleigh
4 K# _- A/ f5 `( \* n DD Uhlmann
0 o3 U3 w# c; g/ J* \6 j DD Twining) ]' _5 |5 k R
DD Trathen
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SS I-28, hits 10
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DD Downes
. J/ j' `8 I, [- V DD Smith
3 F3 m' n4 p% c5 t9 t' h2 R DD Rotherham7 E6 ]& O6 i* d. D" S
DD Roebuck6 D9 F, K8 d/ x: i y0 G% ]
DD Relentless
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! c& n: }5 \* k# Q! t SS I-43, hits 9# j; H% @$ l$ \# ~" Q
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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