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。% d9 g; ]& |+ c5 \# q. K; |* r" p: \
+ q8 H& A! x8 h+ l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。
) x/ j, z# T" }& R* ?. o( H _6 TASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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" [5 k7 D; e) J% k4 |; ~8 F8 ^: F SS I-37, hits 8! d' o2 R6 B9 t" k
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" s. W6 j5 A8 r" s DD Quadrant
2 Z8 M, b) p- _; f DD Quality
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, y; g& d0 @9 J% W$ PASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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Japanese Ships
$ @0 T, A8 }5 P! w SS I-30, hits 1! D. _4 w2 \( q) a
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Allied Ships
& `. E) X9 H' J0 R DD Ingersoll. Y! d# V% d: Z6 } f
DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-11, hits 169 U$ u) s4 n) s/ k: a1 n( h( r
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DE Fleming
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DE Gilmore* w( j* q1 g( u7 q5 ` a% M
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 44 `8 ^1 i2 ` m$ ?2 G2 `
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Allied Ships
3 k3 p* M% ]: q5 \' g/ { DD Ingersoll
o# U* Z/ A+ d7 F+ q DD Isherwood5 P* j7 L5 h% G7 s3 a
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l2 w9 A8 U7 _- u" P" Z1 h. L; k SS I-41, hits 12$ L! \5 I' S A/ M/ u( d, L8 m: m7 X
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DD Quadrant
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125) A/ r& `7 v/ j I, Q
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SS I-6, hits 17
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DE Engstrom+ Y: o8 \" y% j; _2 ~" B" S0 e
DE Emery
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N e6 Q4 H! O9 k; _! n! ZSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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/ h1 H5 ^5 y4 z. f+ I) _ SS I-31, hits 2 L5 q: N: p: Q0 z/ T
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1 M( ~1 }; U* k( f DD Worden
2 W8 |" A( }; K% v1 A 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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L( X- m: D. y9 X9 t; W8 W DD Downes
' ^# h- O+ U: B7 m; u7 h3 W DD Smith
6 S! [% ^( g7 D4 Z/ Y9 g DD Rotherham: x3 D6 X; H- H" i. Z8 f0 E) k
DD Roebuck
( a9 A, C8 Q; J8 L DD Relentless
% h8 X" P! Q. d h DD Redoubt( h5 J: N+ q2 \2 j6 V' q* s
5 ?/ V/ j2 Z& x$ |% LSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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$ I: ~4 w& p4 l# p8 W SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
* {7 L y# o' S7 ?5 |/ J$ A DD Racehorse8 O$ @6 @ [) Y
DD Quilliam
" b6 j& N' A) |- q9 z& N DD Smith& E' V# q$ D6 ~! e( K) l! [- D2 o
DD Rotherham
" R# z/ B0 D. U; f- r DD Roebuck
. L: Z' y6 E7 k$ ^; L9 L* `+ _ DD Relentless
0 o' }5 N- W+ G5 H% O DD Redoubt
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& q7 d+ q$ ?$ t) v( m: _+ L SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
+ Y# [% z4 w K! z CA Canberra II
# J& A9 j* V( ^* s- a CA Exeter
7 m+ b" ?& q% C& ?" T* R DD Thatcher* B6 Z8 u# ` b ~8 D* b# r; C3 D
DD David Taylor8 ~: |, I1 O9 o1 J
DD Strong( b% q" L: M4 c B
DD Stembel
7 S; e h, j3 r1 B DD Schroeder2 o4 p0 l% v" p% r8 P0 c( I
DD John Rodgers
3 C3 Y0 A X2 F+ \ DD Porterfield
& @* y* \- D) f6 | DD Picking
' N+ e' O9 x7 a7 V1 V A* c9 C' L0 ` DD Wadleigh
: d* P# U0 s) n( ]! f DD Uhlmann5 [9 R& S- Q5 w& a
DD Twining) ~( A9 L+ w* h9 n- O! p1 V
DD Trathen
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1 K+ B0 K* D) g3 w1 _Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1256 Q8 M- A6 b; m2 G- y# @
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SS I-28, hits 10
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DD Racehorse
# t; ~7 b' \" r- V) R DD Downes! @5 }& D6 S8 m- {4 u; M# C
DD Smith
( P* C& Y& M. c" Q* F DD Rotherham
Y1 U$ W* b) u0 D) J* d9 @ DD Roebuck+ B5 v8 ^. m$ H6 K u
DD Relentless8 u" B2 |: f1 n/ V
DD Rapid. }& Q& q8 Y6 u2 }' ?2 B
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,1250 n8 z8 }. k, J7 T) q% Q5 y
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: i; g% ?- T# o) U. v4 P1 f) | SS I-43, hits 9( i0 i8 u$ q& K5 R& Y( [
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0 y2 n# E/ m [7 j. k: } s DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
/ s2 Y. W5 `2 K p& @% Y DD Hopewell |