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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' K& x8 y2 h; n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。5 l" @1 D& D8 l9 D
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-37, hits 8
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Allied Ships+ M7 d# N7 E3 L4 `( E" J; j5 J
DD Quadrant
9 c- L7 X* u/ i, {2 k& f' U& d DD Quality' j7 U/ K# o# V0 d L/ [
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Japanese Ships
( w$ \9 f4 o6 m" d7 A! }+ N' ^ SS I-30, hits 1& d! i+ l+ Z2 B
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DD Ingersoll& R+ }1 d% p9 y5 ^' q# Z E) ~; U/ R
DD Isherwood, l5 C0 I( d7 z& w. V' G* u, l& P7 N
3 x/ V1 ]: r. G1 jSub attack near Broome at 62,125: E, W- O1 a( ?; K, z& \3 ~
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SS I-11, hits 16
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; P. b' I: H S! ? DE Fleming
$ N' H+ y) k1 O, h! } DE Emery
: m* Z( A8 Z; ^& k5 S5 h DE Gilmore3 K4 i" V) U7 B f, Z0 l" Y: p2 i
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 4; h. x K% t( J
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DD Ingersoll
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SS I-41, hits 12
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Allied Ships
3 m: X+ b9 u A9 ] DD Quadrant: v! R( i" F4 K% H( j" l
DD Quality4 ?# I% ~: ?9 ^* v
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-6, hits 175 ?3 ^7 U+ L! B$ k3 a" o `
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DE Engstrom
6 @/ {) m1 C: I8 s# h* a* ? DE Emery& y6 m: G: m5 M
DE Gilmore
# g& [' J6 j. n( F; R, a DE Fleming
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125, Z- t: ]/ a1 ~0 |" v9 x, }
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SS I-31, hits 2; `3 ~4 J2 Z$ r* x
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DD Worden' i+ N& [/ x. ~* K/ {$ C$ q* G
DD Dale
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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9 a" N" V, h! N6 o7 M8 z SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
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DD Smith I, n0 v# `9 G
DD Rotherham4 X* ^! C/ b$ i) c% x; i" u# f$ s
DD Roebuck
! t4 G6 Q+ V" b7 h DD Relentless
! m' X& V! P4 x. M; i DD Redoubt
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125( ~0 h% c/ ]8 N. l, s R9 I' v, t/ Y. j
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Quilliam! c# ?) }5 W+ k. w% D8 K5 [
DD Smith
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+ S6 b% Y5 H2 C8 O* c DD Roebuck
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DD Redoubt& k0 ~" }, e; y
/ o$ M) ~" V9 O, W6 qSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk- A$ h8 M1 k5 V7 y2 n3 [+ H" h
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Allied Ships
0 Q. Q4 J# S" m/ S4 g3 q8 ^ CA Canberra II
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DD Thatcher
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* A* L) t. S: T* u# _* U DD Strong
0 H' i1 S; P: t' g DD Stembel( s! u* A4 U' A/ ^: t3 y$ A5 `
DD Schroeder
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DD Porterfield
# e/ w; Y6 w5 Q% G& O# G DD Picking* ?: L9 I( o5 C! _8 m7 R
DD Wadleigh
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DD Twining+ `% K" d; q+ q- T; q. r& @5 |# l
DD Trathen' i% w2 L" b) V3 _: I! N; O) ~# ^
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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Japanese Ships
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DD Racehorse
9 t* a: P3 L5 @9 A' k$ h DD Downes
0 \$ z' |* `% w1 ~5 w9 _* T* h5 w DD Smith
6 O- ^1 q$ X7 J/ m8 S DD Rotherham
* Z4 o% o' ` O. B \( }6 _ DD Roebuck
" r7 a6 U, n, h4 @6 s4 J DD Relentless% o/ R+ h y. u8 q8 P0 D, i" E
DD Rapid2 [/ I" T+ c3 C+ l, D- V+ v: E
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SS I-43, hits 9
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DD Hopewell |