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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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。8 _$ G3 z- p$ D# K
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,1256 _% v1 k% d8 b h7 X
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SS I-37, hits 8+ I8 M0 b) I2 l5 I
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DD Quadrant
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R9 Z# L4 }, \7 \5 H3 n# yASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125! L O( Y, t: m" G, a
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: C ~* d% o8 k- v% C2 } SS I-30, hits 1( {( Q, q. d, d2 e# F, e6 r
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DD Isherwood% t0 ?8 ]: V! |' `
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0 z/ t5 Q7 N1 g" |. L0 T SS I-11, hits 16
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Allied Ships
9 S& R; X% ^0 p' C4 U7 a DE Fleming
8 N4 C- e. d/ m4 i' Q! b0 X DE Emery1 H5 Y C g5 t+ u: L
DE Gilmore" u9 D: [2 K7 n0 }9 g r" W
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: D* o% `; f/ ` SS I-28, hits 4 F; j* T2 V* @ z; `$ |
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DD Isherwood! n. b9 N3 ^ E1 [1 X, f2 {, ^' \
$ A3 {( g: D- \) k XSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-41, hits 12& L3 W! A# X* ?& n- F6 S! H
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-6, hits 17' o( }# ^$ R7 v4 ^
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DE Emery, G* A4 \; a8 _. O; K7 x' j! [
DE Gilmore
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125) M: N! n( l+ }9 O) P
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DD Worden
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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( {$ f( A0 q' G; C* @ SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk% i$ o$ n V+ q' a! e6 q2 |2 q _( Y0 C
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DD Downes! I# I: p" B7 Q& L' ?! V* D5 J
DD Smith
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DD Relentless
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' D$ s: X% a6 @" E' q SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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5 G) |4 q, n4 J( c9 m8 x; s2 M DD Racehorse, E* m- q w' b, K+ y
DD Quilliam w/ m7 t. C- O6 I4 A9 i
DD Smith
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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DD Thatcher
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DD Strong# N6 Q F( W9 F I
DD Stembel" Q2 i) K: r) F& J+ V; l5 [
DD Schroeder
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DD Porterfield
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DD Twining
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SS I-28, hits 10: J, E/ Z p6 B+ j" x
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; X6 `& k* \/ v1 x4 H& H DD Racehorse+ Y; i+ X& r( O2 D* N7 \9 a. l6 _, @
DD Downes
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DD Rotherham
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SS I-43, hits 9
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage" v/ t& B4 R) W% U/ Q- @
DD Hopewell |