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。" n% j! u/ |- P
3 R1 q7 j6 S" }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 s2 A. S5 L' t4 {8 k. ^ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125, ]$ g2 C) @- B: B% d
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SS I-37, hits 8
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DD Quality
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8 B3 \1 L( V8 V( F& N2 [# jASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 1
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Allied Ships( e4 u+ J; [) B1 S, Q
DD Ingersoll7 U$ O) S% c" e) D3 T
DD Isherwood' y% L) l9 w. v/ W
# N8 x: o& {+ w% b: {" A# qSub attack near Broome at 62,125
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3 m- @9 R$ L6 w4 u) _2 X SS I-11, hits 16
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Allied Ships2 y: e7 H* r2 J0 G6 y) q
DE Fleming
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! y3 w% {$ g: w) z* j2 _ DE Gilmore
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4 p$ w" w6 x d( | SS I-28, hits 4
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Allied Ships/ ~8 k3 T; {: I& ?; h; f3 `
DD Ingersoll
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-41, hits 12! K* [0 ~4 n6 b8 v8 l" K
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DD Quadrant
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125$ i$ A1 f2 Z3 ^& l! i* v' p+ }
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0 j- X; k- n" G5 p' @9 i, t SS I-6, hits 17) _0 R5 z3 i% \! i3 J% E
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: d0 [$ Y) E* C+ I. o g DE Engstrom3 M& f) o2 w$ z5 K
DE Emery+ c8 O: q* `4 r& k: p0 v' Z2 s
DE Gilmore
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1253 J5 n+ o% }. c) Z4 W1 {
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6 e3 M& ~; ^" T8 E) D& C SS I-31, hits 22 H2 v( s; s! b, ~# p4 c2 [; v! u+ ^
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DD Worden
8 r% k9 a B! p; n8 J9 D0 X DD Dale6 ~" K4 z$ V9 O$ U( x& }
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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Japanese Ships
& v4 m& ~0 w, u ]! s T+ e* W SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk; d# [1 k& h& I2 {6 A2 P- Z
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DD Downes
9 X7 y$ N7 k+ j$ {& D! a DD Smith* ?5 z/ [& P: r9 v: O. e
DD Rotherham
8 ~# F' ?" _7 v# i DD Roebuck8 E/ J% C$ K# V+ ]8 a C& c5 F
DD Relentless
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125+ `" [) s. e W
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) \4 M9 k0 L' a$ A) K6 G SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Racehorse9 T! O0 v: C' [ @( c0 K
DD Quilliam
% D$ R; a( a' Z1 \ DD Smith
2 T* X0 ~9 r& V0 z# N DD Rotherham
8 V* M0 P8 `2 D DD Roebuck
* R' S e& c9 q4 P+ P DD Relentless: T i% J3 g5 ]1 M' j
DD Redoubt
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1252 w: v: }* Q, m$ G. K" H
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# V$ L1 c2 k6 {$ A" y& ? SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
# {3 e6 C" u- H* `6 M+ d CA Canberra II
: }" R+ L! k0 Z& {3 b" R CA Exeter
6 ?2 O2 S6 _( T7 c3 H DD Thatcher
- B0 c7 h# J7 W+ I DD David Taylor
( w+ b' X3 I% r, N! T8 R: o( V" z DD Strong% f0 [- l! `" k$ w, p/ c) J
DD Stembel
7 `: l) E' r+ Y: s- a" Y: N. t DD Schroeder `* r7 v, [6 O. B* V$ K; o% P
DD John Rodgers
# s5 k: e) _ G' ^/ M" }$ b4 A DD Porterfield
3 H1 ~) o! @9 g% B DD Picking
- v' T, _2 i$ w$ _- ?" I1 J/ E DD Wadleigh
" s! ^6 H/ D4 H X" U: ^4 w DD Uhlmann
4 W9 M% y! Q( [& H8 L" h DD Twining
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125. C) {8 U: j+ H9 D
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$ u9 k. y+ |% I- ?: Y SS I-28, hits 10
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DD Downes
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DD Rotherham8 N6 ?) A4 x- E9 q/ E
DD Roebuck
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DD Rapid
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$ d4 D* X: n! U5 z SS I-43, hits 9
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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