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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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。6 c" j( _" @" ?( u, @
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125/ l7 ~! V J; j4 n
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% ~& |2 J9 D* q# v6 e SS I-37, hits 8! |3 o8 {2 J4 }6 f/ X& \
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DD Quadrant
N4 g% v: d+ u: f6 D DD Quality+ G( i, y1 ~& I- s3 Y8 Y# x* Q
, K" \8 N8 c! d& M' O* y: G. B2 lASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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Japanese Ships
, { T: H- {" j* }, t SS I-30, hits 1
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Allied Ships
# H1 V2 c# X/ E/ C' H DD Ingersoll
) X6 C/ D+ ^% o6 a E$ |7 l4 | DD Isherwood6 t) P% ?2 Z0 C; }! E. a
- u% z6 d! j P! iSub attack near Broome at 62,125
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Japanese Ships
9 ~' Q5 f2 l- R- w2 a, Y SS I-11, hits 167 Q- A/ v7 J0 `% @# h0 k
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- v; f/ T0 e m DE Fleming
, e* [: A* G# K- x1 ~ DE Emery
' X6 Z) O& N) m1 U+ p3 V DE Gilmore
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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8 B8 `, ] U3 f" r5 K SS I-28, hits 4& t2 C. \' X2 O8 m+ K2 _% K+ ~
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/ K" R, i; d2 O( A2 P7 A" n) } DD Ingersoll
* l% B9 e) C6 O! X/ P5 Q DD Isherwood' `3 B2 Y- T, @% R4 R/ r
7 E2 P! k0 {+ l' @8 B' J# x% RSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125/ u& C# S+ q- d# N. Y/ M& s* |
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$ b4 \. f3 f3 h( n SS I-41, hits 12) |! C/ M8 D2 }: T
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DD Quadrant* L6 @7 H, l2 K) m1 a" F
DD Quality- h! D$ G; [' K5 K
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SS I-6, hits 17
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DE Engstrom7 I* u* g& ^( p
DE Emery) g5 p4 N6 L; e$ W9 t, A5 m
DE Gilmore! \: j* ]; l5 u+ b6 Q
DE Fleming T9 ]" _* E& X: R' H2 |
$ ~* m5 z6 w) L) ]: XSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1259 ]0 G1 y; ]! ~# X7 }
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SS I-31, hits 2
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7 I0 D0 x2 W# M* E# z DD Worden
/ _4 l+ B! y; K& [, s8 {' b' I DD Dale
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes
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DD Rotherham }. ^, }! D0 ^; A
DD Roebuck9 q; A/ }5 `" T/ W# P- L" T
DD Relentless( j1 s5 l, [4 J6 w+ t2 X
DD Redoubt# D' J. O8 [# P& @$ Y* N8 R! Z0 n
6 ?) I& ]3 q( n7 T7 FSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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Japanese Ships
9 d7 N3 }3 i$ I! a6 W SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
8 v9 ~! c$ i4 Z% h DD Racehorse6 x* F- ~! p* C, s: [" q
DD Quilliam7 h o2 h* P# y, N
DD Smith# w: L& o [0 c" i! N2 X! C
DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless5 l) x3 B; P: j$ D5 Z* u
DD Redoubt
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1 Y9 P/ Y$ V& f" i! [! d# ] SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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; P1 d) a& N6 T CA Canberra II$ [% n& }$ \+ D
CA Exeter: x% }/ m+ T6 U& ?7 v8 N7 p8 H
DD Thatcher1 n* M" q- k) M. ^" W
DD David Taylor) h2 `( ~* a7 `2 `, Y D
DD Strong
. ` H$ G. Q+ Z; \9 O$ j W# P DD Stembel
# q- z! H( C7 {2 w DD Schroeder- ?4 H) D- S" f& k* z8 h
DD John Rodgers
" T) j2 G; E3 l5 r DD Porterfield. a! R1 ]2 w6 T8 @: F+ ?
DD Picking5 o r, J) R4 z9 O1 e4 B! D; [6 K
DD Wadleigh
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DD Trathen
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SS I-28, hits 107 [2 p( F: V& Z
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DD Racehorse1 _, V* I2 L! }( S9 N4 L, b- m
DD Downes( E" ?+ D4 C |2 V1 J7 O
DD Smith/ b5 B6 W8 O5 i* D' |! x
DD Rotherham- r% m4 i- ]# d' i
DD Roebuck' N$ T# ~& c( a! ?, ^3 h
DD Relentless
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2 J* S# w7 q5 LSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125* r" ?6 X8 W: p9 x. T
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3 ?* v t4 }# P5 m SS I-43, hits 9
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4 ~$ Y1 x- {% {! j DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage# |% K6 d; O2 s8 }: J9 \
DD Hopewell |