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。
) n2 m& e+ p" ~% qASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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6 M# {0 z0 O" e8 }; O SS I-37, hits 8; o) Z( [, l. e) n! \
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DD Quadrant
6 k% @9 y) y7 B5 L: t2 H DD Quality+ M2 |0 q6 K: R( J# q" ]
' j; k8 D& B8 g: Y8 x# hASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 1
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DD Isherwood
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# C! x# j" d( c+ b' U; FSub attack near Broome at 62,125
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Japanese Ships
0 V6 w& A/ S" A7 ~ SS I-11, hits 16
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DE Fleming: m( {, x* ^$ X, S& P+ d- [3 q" P
DE Emery- D8 m5 n$ C/ N* G. a3 A
DE Gilmore
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125, e+ P: W0 z# D0 s
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! U0 s4 Y4 x6 U5 l8 z( Y! _ SS I-28, hits 4" t5 J% ?( w( r6 D
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* Z e( c5 K! U# G; s2 _ DD Ingersoll" S8 h3 J' X d0 f1 X4 J# ^
DD Isherwood3 A) I, ?; H# h9 A, h" w' l
7 K3 P, d/ O) K5 w" u8 GSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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Japanese Ships
9 }, M6 k8 Y3 G! `; Q0 @0 M SS I-41, hits 12
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* I. X. r8 X5 L% K$ F* E: ^ DD Quadrant
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,1252 _9 y5 p- i( v9 |+ ]
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, E3 W% Q f/ {- X+ M- v3 n SS I-6, hits 17
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Allied Ships
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DE Emery( {9 Y- @& ^: y
DE Gilmore8 `: w5 d: f& d9 U# h
DE Fleming1 K3 M6 L7 f3 {) j' o8 J
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$ r2 K* ]! r8 N8 c! b) t SS I-31, hits 2' J# `; s3 h$ n0 F
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# a, r2 t5 Y# |0 t8 {9 n2 n DD Worden+ O) J2 m1 x- g9 E0 {% M6 U
DD Dale5 o$ c/ O' C2 F5 D$ s
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk( A) h" V, \/ e: T7 z1 C
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9 R4 o1 w0 n: T) S* ^ DD Downes0 s2 `5 Z$ B$ u
DD Smith7 t+ g* }. h6 q |
DD Rotherham- Y2 R, ~: P0 _: e; z1 I( }( q
DD Roebuck4 y4 Y! O" s7 y' ^+ C* [! G% |
DD Relentless5 J6 U4 n2 u# ]- k/ {
DD Redoubt
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H7 H, r, ]) a* h SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Racehorse1 a' v7 I( V2 t U( \( @
DD Quilliam# I) G5 F5 T# f$ t/ B; S& k
DD Smith6 [% E/ ~ I' X
DD Rotherham
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DD Redoubt
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk8 ^9 A6 p% w2 |, d* S: P
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% Y4 @) A3 {: w; y DD Thatcher- Z- C' @' h% a. B6 e$ o0 r5 ^
DD David Taylor
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DD Stembel* o0 o/ f8 S0 B2 e$ B$ w0 G7 l5 o# Q
DD Schroeder+ f W7 m$ H; g* {
DD John Rodgers7 h+ f5 |8 B6 ?9 s- C Y
DD Porterfield' G% X+ v- n% p s2 c
DD Picking
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DD Uhlmann
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1250 M P# w: l) l- ]( E/ ^9 ]
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7 D1 n% X6 e2 h5 F# A9 r4 B7 \0 t {, g SS I-28, hits 105 E/ e" O& Y1 R
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" H& k8 ^ G" k4 s6 A/ d5 } DD Racehorse
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DD Smith
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DD Roebuck
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- b, Y6 K) a" q6 T1 s& N* F SS I-43, hits 9
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$ e! I, e0 ?' Q5 L9 w; C+ k DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage/ ]5 f3 b5 T6 d5 o6 @* v2 o
DD Hopewell |