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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" h( h5 Q/ i! F2 G; c" b4 @9 p" A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。
2 S/ J2 `2 Q! s7 z/ s2 }# cASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-37, hits 8' u: y y" x/ M% G6 Z
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DD Quadrant6 }4 C- Q1 t% [: R8 e; \: R; r$ X
DD Quality
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125$ T# G! a/ G) k8 s! c
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SS I-30, hits 1
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DD Ingersoll
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125) T. s5 L8 E5 V2 R$ H
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( K( U4 |: T7 a3 Y* m SS I-11, hits 16
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Allied Ships
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DE Emery
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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, \" B" w4 g) I: k) I6 T8 s SS I-28, hits 4' h! @1 f' O! ]( V7 i& n6 N
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DD Ingersoll
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-41, hits 12
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DD Quadrant
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,1256 t& V. j3 q- |1 X8 g2 \
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- H) w% R! D$ z8 L. N SS I-6, hits 17
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" _" Z {- ~% o, T DE Engstrom
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DE Fleming& }. ~ M5 {; r% a
3 Q2 w( Q1 S0 A ASub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-31, hits 2- b4 s1 i/ d9 K
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DD Dale
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4 O' U3 b8 e5 J% j$ cSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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?" g2 x9 w; m- F: M' H SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
9 {6 H' N1 V$ M& V8 }8 x DD Downes
9 }( q! q1 z7 U* b: W( ~ DD Smith
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DD Roebuck
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DD Redoubt
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
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5 ^' N2 H# H' [; O* y DD Quilliam, _ l, Q+ v8 R& a6 k- _4 U3 J
DD Smith: F& |' a9 r( l+ ^5 i
DD Rotherham
l N; Z' G0 q `. E1 b3 C" g DD Roebuck
* b; x7 X* ?+ e/ l DD Relentless
: W7 g& ^& w( D+ j( | DD Redoubt
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$ A& q }6 }' o J2 g SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk7 T; H3 J, ?' m; f6 P& a: y) L
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CA Canberra II$ J4 a3 _4 ^7 P R) [
CA Exeter
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DD Strong* a& h( x: h% h: W: a
DD Stembel
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( T5 N3 ]/ }" n+ ^2 n2 M DD John Rodgers
4 C5 G+ W; ^8 j1 w' K DD Porterfield
5 K8 }, g* C4 {& A: o DD Picking4 u* x1 g+ G) O+ G: ]% t
DD Wadleigh3 b2 M" V3 i" ^0 T
DD Uhlmann
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DD Trathen6 g5 f: @2 _' D$ Z) E
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125, H' s# p2 q9 H _, M- n4 J% `. A6 v
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DD Racehorse
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DD Smith) e8 y7 F0 y2 }9 e8 H5 ?9 }
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DD Roebuck
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DD Rapid8 [" w8 L& H0 k9 g, F4 l. m' @& j
# Y; {; W2 v3 V, S) O6 @. VSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125( ~; ]: t# T' G2 \- H K
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+ Z$ Y/ _' t2 W$ c/ {5 C& c# x SS I-43, hits 9- \% q$ A9 T' z! e
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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