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。4 y3 {& c& M' V9 c% O3 O% X
* W1 @! X- Y( r, g4 v [- [9 z5 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。0 T1 T2 g" i6 l( g( ^0 c0 f4 k3 c
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,1250 m% u6 q1 m* V
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: p& Q7 |5 o* j! o% I" r SS I-37, hits 8' {- A) I w) z8 U, Q
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DD Quality, N' W$ i' q3 T. _: J, Q" E
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 1+ L0 U* D' h- O* f" w* t
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DD Ingersoll
8 q4 L( u; D0 U$ w' l5 g& y DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125; G: H+ h4 B6 D: M
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SS I-11, hits 16 K- g q4 L% q# @4 C# t9 U$ x' Y: H r
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DE Fleming3 J; A0 H; E7 w4 e5 y0 O' n2 e
DE Emery' |/ \8 m M; X
DE Gilmore
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0 X1 r% P4 ^& n$ g0 Y5 yASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1256 d! f X# b: n6 l# \; @' [
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SS I-28, hits 49 N% J! v3 V2 _
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DD Ingersoll
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6 A& x2 b* W- LSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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6 N( {( D( W5 W' U SS I-41, hits 12
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DD Quadrant
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/ x) \) R+ ]2 s/ e* D _ASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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- K. Z# R' V2 O7 V/ W1 t SS I-6, hits 17
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# F& _/ ?, `6 N6 k$ W: e9 |5 j DE Engstrom
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DE Gilmore) |5 ~% k4 Q3 @! {# o: n5 E
DE Fleming1 L0 }" V7 ^) j" I! T1 E
! ?+ O- D6 v7 ]# d$ {: p( K7 PSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125' @ X3 H! m" F" I: p
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7 w' g; s3 Q. ~8 L$ q SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Dale
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes
/ _# C+ j0 h0 o, e DD Smith
) H' O. g, |& g% X ^3 T! p DD Rotherham9 D/ H5 r. u; _ d8 f( b5 t
DD Roebuck
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DD Redoubt/ l! C5 h6 x+ c8 K
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Racehorse0 `7 Z9 k/ A6 I- T/ p6 o
DD Quilliam
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DD Roebuck( a3 V! w; C3 e, L' h3 {( A2 j
DD Relentless
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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/ H2 `4 V6 I* G. F7 e+ ` CA Canberra II( a5 D7 [3 H7 E- x: \ a5 o
CA Exeter
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DD David Taylor
. N1 Y. v& v4 @3 j DD Strong
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DD Schroeder* Q) u6 u0 W2 n* Y; n9 Z
DD John Rodgers
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DD Picking
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DD Trathen2 ?8 m G* |+ E3 l- S( l% c
3 x1 ~& }: [. @. vSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 10; ?5 J8 C6 \+ L3 l
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DD Racehorse
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5 p2 n A; o8 f: n DD Smith
Q1 Z2 o6 b, x \ DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless
7 s5 J* E' W1 i$ w2 a" G4 [ DD Rapid
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SS I-43, hits 9) Y# V4 o* D: s2 L8 H
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DD Hopewell |