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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3 ?5 U# E% e1 F# P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。9 u& k4 i4 n- U5 T$ d! }4 Y
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125, O4 q) ?6 a7 r
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SS I-37, hits 8) W+ ~0 Y* u; ^+ L: ^
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DD Quality
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6 {. H3 l1 u) K: }( v# {ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125# v& v z1 n! j* ^8 c4 A' |
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0 Q+ `; y& s f6 E SS I-30, hits 17 h9 _4 P+ j0 A* E) l8 ?! S: P
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Allied Ships
, q2 I7 H9 Q7 C DD Ingersoll8 k) _6 E. d" o3 L
DD Isherwood
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$ f( d& t. ~, K3 Z- f8 TSub attack near Broome at 62,1256 s7 @) P! r! X" B1 ?4 l, e
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. s) G* r% q3 u% o9 |) u9 Y, z9 M SS I-11, hits 16
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DE Fleming
0 L9 o* g I1 |# A2 h0 c9 c! T, C$ [; E DE Emery
7 ~' A Y' p+ d% c9 {* C. p DE Gilmore/ k. ^1 U2 {; n' N2 |5 C, [6 N
P: e0 e- e7 N: SASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1253 K! r/ |. i w, E/ O" Q
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7 v5 ?9 ?3 v7 G1 r" K1 [* N SS I-28, hits 4
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2 Y! ?/ T/ P) i% K. `" N DD Ingersoll
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1 ^" I2 A. o) B6 I, c% }9 ySub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125& e9 O# F/ r' I8 e8 z+ ~
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" e3 x m* B0 g9 G+ q SS I-41, hits 12
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) R3 P5 C% G% }) R( TASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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# D- A1 F5 i( H( i$ g) ?+ P SS I-6, hits 17
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DE Emery, f# i3 D! z3 P! D& T
DE Gilmore
3 J: Q9 W2 `$ r8 J DE Fleming; ~& u# k$ A4 P* y! Y. y, h( R
3 k6 ]8 H8 E. s$ R6 c" M* vSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125' k3 c/ u, O0 h2 N' b
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8 s( G% X6 {7 v8 n' c6 o SS I-31, hits 2" h9 d4 [6 T, e3 _
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) T* t' E. I. v: j, ~ DD Worden
1 ~6 f+ p$ D3 j: J3 e DD Dale
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/ T& O! x x, W3 k! H! uSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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# Z/ t" [: p6 @- P& U' G DD Downes9 x+ C) L+ D# V" S
DD Smith1 W9 y& }. g$ T; o0 r
DD Rotherham6 s+ \& ^( x$ q. g
DD Roebuck
( m2 _! `* i/ N# @: j% u9 E; @3 E% A DD Relentless1 v6 w3 Y+ a; C1 G
DD Redoubt
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+ d4 V4 r3 b6 ?0 k6 N/ ?7 k) j# eSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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1 i) \3 U1 y# X, w: Q3 y/ J SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Racehorse8 z1 o1 E( ^4 G
DD Quilliam
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DD Rotherham1 Q9 ?- Y9 N$ c( e
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DD Relentless( w! W$ B0 o7 M9 {. W
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% ^! z. z) l! M( S6 U( e7 J! d1 CSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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! ^6 s* B- I" I( j) ]6 p" y SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk8 H( C* _* Z2 \# Y# N; U
+ A# c( L' r9 q6 nAllied Ships
% r1 [ p: L1 W# [5 U CA Canberra II$ a3 e, b2 Z! k
CA Exeter
9 a: v$ T9 v5 X DD Thatcher
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DD Strong/ x# @- ~$ J/ ^# G0 \
DD Stembel$ |3 x1 ]- V, c! n; t M' _
DD Schroeder
% f) |2 T+ |+ N9 ~' X2 y DD John Rodgers
$ |. r( f5 [- S' a* ] DD Porterfield- G) w! K1 U- [! r0 n
DD Picking2 o! v6 n. U; o4 R( F
DD Wadleigh4 s% h' K' @ Y/ o* S
DD Uhlmann
3 F; [, C' i3 \* z/ n6 }/ Z DD Twining0 a. p# q, }( c3 F( ^. D
DD Trathen% H+ b. e) y& y* t' ^3 ?' x* h
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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DD Racehorse6 S) }6 F* ?' [0 X4 L4 A/ ^
DD Downes
3 L; O7 v+ W5 y: k h3 @+ H DD Smith
5 c' n5 o/ G$ s DD Rotherham
3 Q% q W2 K7 B2 m2 {" f DD Roebuck
6 s4 \9 C8 F$ ]! N3 d9 ?3 A DD Relentless( d, D+ I7 {; r- b6 O
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-43, hits 9
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage- L% m: m, @( D# R9 K$ M
DD Hopewell |