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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9 B) w+ X* Y$ i# p; ~4 x6 W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。. q K) [& j0 t c) ]) R
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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Japanese Ships
$ B9 D5 U" L% a1 j8 ^; w SS I-37, hits 8# Y {% q. v7 H$ c& e. e' H6 h$ I
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DD Quality Q4 y3 e9 M% L
7 \- w- A, Z; \9 t, q0 i0 [ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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- J8 o. ?$ }, T% @* b, X4 r* k SS I-30, hits 1
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+ G4 m7 [5 T) [+ P9 Q DD Ingersoll+ M7 M$ x! m# q
DD Isherwood2 m; s. z! S4 d3 z+ i9 J( K9 I& h
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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6 C- {" b2 [- a8 u9 ~+ M SS I-11, hits 16
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DE Fleming
0 H( W4 q2 R$ Y3 d% N3 p O" k DE Emery
) |& j4 Q0 h9 T/ ^4 ]6 w DE Gilmore
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- E5 l. o/ W0 R0 x* U( @ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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8 T) |" f5 h' C+ l5 L SS I-28, hits 4
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3 _/ {4 x7 e1 i1 d" y DD Ingersoll$ y+ `$ W5 X b* U) ^
DD Isherwood% I9 M1 _& T) n* N/ y+ P4 U: C, L2 ]
5 T. r2 T# q8 @7 K( B/ w/ N. B) RSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125- w! W& r t, I
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- ?- e" Z0 J1 Z+ J0 A- _ SS I-41, hits 129 H% k1 {* m) L3 q! a
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DD Quadrant# I: N3 s" n! j1 ^0 _
DD Quality V% e, z7 y1 }, l* a @/ b, [
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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5 a' v) o& p% `0 ?4 W SS I-6, hits 177 o8 n, v3 N& \, p. \0 R) ~
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DE Engstrom
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DE Gilmore2 b- M5 L0 X7 F3 k6 m$ E3 E
DE Fleming
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-31, hits 2
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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, R: e" p& j4 O, @ SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
9 {& y6 U$ z# ]% F9 A+ v DD Downes
* x% X$ n. ~$ U1 y) ~ DD Smith
$ V/ F0 O' ?7 U. g0 m DD Rotherham$ \+ \, \4 v0 K5 |7 L( B5 i. B
DD Roebuck+ m& Z d( A& M( P6 z7 _
DD Relentless
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125' I4 O0 Q4 a ~+ N) G( y' s
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk8 V$ [# y+ S* M$ j
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DD Roebuck# ?2 C; T7 v' S! ]
DD Relentless
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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& l$ q& R* e! P: D SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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CA Canberra II
! P2 [0 G, R+ m, Q- O CA Exeter
3 U% ?* W* j/ e+ G$ x% N DD Thatcher4 T% r6 u5 L+ s4 ?" Z& @7 ]3 y
DD David Taylor1 x/ q7 n8 A* l8 G8 d
DD Strong
3 {/ G9 y4 F- D" ~) R: H DD Stembel% B' a6 J+ n% g0 `6 B# k& v
DD Schroeder/ W3 P' U$ V; s
DD John Rodgers+ Z8 H8 Y" b6 o4 ~+ H) d; q, I9 F
DD Porterfield
$ E3 j3 ?9 ]0 l" Z) X( V DD Picking
( H: }( Z8 u' X* J# q DD Wadleigh. V. @0 A. o; B
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DD Twining
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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DD Racehorse S: N' g( g& Z
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( T: k. {$ B. u8 f) a7 x" b4 g
DD Hopewell |