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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/ E$ @; C) c1 n0 q, p2 T7 D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。
# r0 x0 J6 o2 c3 ~ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,1250 R" G* M( l3 u# P0 G' W4 D a
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SS I-37, hits 8
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DD Quadrant
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3 Z9 T7 O s5 k2 M1 Q2 ]5 GASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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Japanese Ships7 _4 h0 W$ }2 p) C
SS I-30, hits 1( `3 e3 \3 F! L9 y
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Allied Ships
7 m, _5 n! ?4 V( S! n7 e9 r0 c7 w DD Ingersoll
% v. a: c; o4 P0 y, }. A* n( ]. k DD Isherwood3 N, T* }% G* V6 |
! p% M% Y* V# T; j/ QSub attack near Broome at 62,125
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Japanese Ships
! W4 f. n& S% o8 ^ SS I-11, hits 16! f* k0 P8 @0 J/ U2 ~' n- Q( l8 i1 \
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Allied Ships
- i/ Y; h. Y# ]3 o% g0 I( r; b DE Fleming/ U$ u& p1 e4 u' g! N
DE Emery
9 \6 t, [: J0 v9 S% i DE Gilmore2 a+ P: @( ?+ @$ O
1 R G' y7 e! h5 @$ b$ r; sASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125- T% V! A% d4 j- r o
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! F1 T( S4 b, _. I& x+ [ SS I-28, hits 4
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DD Ingersoll
( T: m* E# o* p+ k" x( u DD Isherwood
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' h; \8 {# q4 dSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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; |) }5 ?- ]. l9 D8 T9 V/ y SS I-41, hits 12
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DD Quality6 {8 y$ l1 y$ G; @: W
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125; J* o5 z' j5 b/ I2 ^; ^: L
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SS I-6, hits 17% b" T0 n2 \8 h8 b4 |# r+ R U4 {
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0 U6 J ~8 W, @7 _( ? DE Engstrom0 e4 y% ?4 [1 b) D( Z& ~' U
DE Emery
9 U# q9 i q7 U* j; G DE Gilmore- U. b* o" E( z. g0 J3 p6 ]- C
DE Fleming
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+ E' P9 e% V6 }0 z9 C/ E" p5 ]Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125' a5 ^& y7 [/ n1 l% A0 i
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SS I-31, hits 2+ G Y6 H; b% q3 [5 `
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5 W$ X, l/ h! o3 r0 b( l DD Worden" `; e+ h5 Z. F
DD Dale
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1257 m3 p' `4 _0 [7 `* d
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Japanese Ships
, e3 z1 q6 k; a SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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W. a7 Z$ l3 e# G Z DD Downes. p) Q- H+ }9 B7 }$ ]+ q
DD Smith
! V( n& a0 @' \ DD Rotherham
% J$ P2 ] Z( Z/ y DD Roebuck. g3 h: E9 w [' H: N) Y( {0 q
DD Relentless
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125$ w4 k% y4 X S% v- @5 v
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Racehorse6 ^: u) O* d5 V1 M4 k+ d1 N/ [
DD Quilliam
4 C0 Y) _* k# g6 x DD Smith
# J8 B1 j% _4 g0 ~% j; _ DD Rotherham) \0 d! W7 S& d+ K, `
DD Roebuck
, w# H6 q) j: j. i7 M7 q DD Relentless
# O/ ]) O- U; |) b: d. h8 M DD Redoubt h7 [- v+ D7 E, E$ E
. Y5 C3 C2 {$ K* b7 X6 m# aSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1254 [. r- \- b$ S5 S
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk: t& C; t" i, [
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CA Canberra II
( F6 x' D9 a' s, S, A CA Exeter
5 V# d) W* ]7 B# A7 u F, [$ M DD Thatcher
$ X7 x! E; Y0 O8 t }6 G DD David Taylor0 b6 V. C: ~3 N2 b. \5 V. M# n
DD Strong
{$ C9 Y r4 w( \$ A' W, E& s DD Stembel
+ a9 g' q/ F3 K8 [% N* a G DD Schroeder
, }: T$ }& c, Q* G% P DD John Rodgers" D& A/ _& L/ C2 m3 E/ r6 A
DD Porterfield
4 ] J/ ^" O8 l DD Picking8 A1 y, l0 [5 {8 J
DD Wadleigh( |- w% ]& U2 [3 a. `* A
DD Uhlmann
& r8 @' p! o4 Y% @ DD Twining
" j0 T+ T! D- b! `& ?9 l( b DD Trathen
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 10
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( O1 o( u7 Y3 k$ x, V5 j5 Z0 d DD Racehorse; V& s1 Q; C% Q, n, B
DD Downes- p8 S' {2 A3 ^9 I
DD Smith( L% u4 w/ e8 n) b. e E k
DD Rotherham
+ V& X3 H3 @0 m( i. z DD Roebuck
8 M! n i% N. v2 j% m+ R. n0 ~0 i DD Relentless2 i* C- ]* a/ a3 A$ N5 L+ P6 Y& [
DD Rapid( u) b# E; F* S, u# B7 [
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125/ w# r/ v8 B- z# [5 K7 R, r
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$ _. @. o/ M) O SS I-43, hits 9
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4 F! M9 V5 f" ~' r3 Y DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage1 [, n5 V, ~7 U9 y- w; h, k
DD Hopewell |