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。+ K. F! }4 ~( o+ x
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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。
. o5 n2 }! ^! F: O% _ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,1252 \5 L: v+ b, f
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SS I-37, hits 8; ]! H/ k: s. b
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DD Quadrant$ P* l3 z' Z9 Y* ?: {
DD Quality, }. O( v b: z. D
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5 { n+ R) h3 j' K5 ^% w SS I-30, hits 1
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, Q' {2 i* _1 s9 M6 X DD Ingersoll; [8 f7 @. d# X# C& @
DD Isherwood, R* y. U* J v, b
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125* O; _5 x' L+ p& {6 n
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SS I-11, hits 16
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DE Fleming
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DE Gilmore( I! r8 c( Y3 f. X: c0 i
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SS I-28, hits 4* f3 F! M. \( O4 q) E6 U
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DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-41, hits 12) e$ k+ a8 @% ?# I# ^: O, k: z! d! s: p
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DD Quality' F# t( V9 q- _: Z! c/ y3 V2 N
1 C; H) E- |& `/ e$ kASW attack near Broome at 62,1255 h* R( M0 n' _
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SS I-6, hits 178 e, C+ n; s- z. m
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6 P& Q6 b# v3 U! N DE Engstrom* P" X- H2 T$ a1 ] i0 w9 q
DE Emery
4 A6 Y" D( A& L- [1 V DE Gilmore+ W: `) q: }8 i9 s/ Q% w/ `9 Q
DE Fleming8 E$ g% K! e) u3 \5 n
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125# H" W% F s, Y/ G) E+ y! ]( v
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SS I-31, hits 28 K0 b) A" {% |- f
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DD Dale( E1 [8 D5 I- C3 o9 j! d
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125) t9 U% p {9 r$ k+ `" C
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk5 V! f+ j. W1 g5 {: P T: D- @( @4 |1 t
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( x1 Q" |4 y$ l4 n9 D" Q6 C& V1 { DD Downes
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6 ?* a3 T4 \' z7 k DD Rotherham/ G9 Q0 c+ @7 E) Q
DD Roebuck
% s! b4 X8 p; b1 z5 ^ DD Relentless
# `* {0 x" @" X t+ } DD Redoubt
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6 N' ~, K6 s# \" QSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125- G7 W$ S `! f$ h$ w4 T) q4 U
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk% R. z1 Y T0 f# m
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3 @9 L7 H& h* a$ U: \ DD Racehorse* g4 s6 b9 A: O# ^* X) h, a9 s* ~
DD Quilliam! h1 |$ j" M/ {
DD Smith
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DD Roebuck! g& C. o: T0 Q2 C% P
DD Relentless+ m4 w& }. t* m5 k/ _- x: h. B
DD Redoubt* Q& M6 ^4 ~) Y
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2 o6 |4 v" H8 P& X# ]4 d SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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CA Canberra II8 P' R0 j" k( P" g
CA Exeter* B& s0 a- E- ~& e. U7 l4 y) m9 O
DD Thatcher
; `1 s6 e1 G8 d' A6 |9 b6 O, U/ h- I DD David Taylor. g4 x8 g- A4 c' y5 r6 t, C' B
DD Strong
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DD Porterfield6 t. n8 | S$ O9 r& }
DD Picking
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DD Uhlmann9 t" h0 @( T: v+ O, S! T
DD Twining: _9 P& c* J0 p2 G+ Z' q
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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DD Racehorse( c, U- C# x( S* c! h
DD Downes B) `5 E, q! U+ b: p
DD Smith
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DD Roebuck1 I. ?4 M& V3 V; u! a {( T$ E4 g
DD Relentless
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,1257 i4 h; B: a) H. s3 h7 J* Q% ~
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SS I-43, hits 9+ P& H, `: ?( Z
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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