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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# T0 b+ \+ Y. q- j( m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。% E1 S' D7 ?- k/ g) C
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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Japanese Ships
4 l0 z3 k7 A( L1 Y6 t SS I-37, hits 8
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1 w7 E; P _, |$ a0 V DD Quadrant
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3 |4 N# J8 L D7 c/ ^* I% rASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 1
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Allied Ships, c& d( Z: o0 P5 ]- C
DD Ingersoll
9 t2 ^, H s5 a+ |8 F H DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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/ `7 J8 x/ }' \+ ]2 e6 U( R SS I-11, hits 16
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Allied Ships
% G1 z/ }0 P5 p7 D% I3 l8 U DE Fleming
( p$ M# C5 u: e# H9 e DE Emery6 m. s$ H# S0 Y. G6 ~: P' P
DE Gilmore* e# A! ?" g/ c& Y8 b- n% n
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 4) B8 i( x$ H5 ^& S- c
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Allied Ships
( n* k0 O6 U" v; o7 { DD Ingersoll2 y' O, A( |8 P8 y# W
DD Isherwood
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Japanese Ships
* U' n, K7 d ~ SS I-41, hits 120 }/ Y3 ~% Z4 j0 v$ f* z. J
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Allied Ships
9 u1 Z: N% T, L6 V& D: F. M, } DD Quadrant
5 C& a: `- |" D" E' ~( e( ]; r DD Quality4 O0 {7 g! y3 V
' K* G. Z- T: C$ _ASW attack near Broome at 62,1254 D; ]3 N7 e, Z8 R: f
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$ L, J0 I0 P7 l2 G1 q0 K SS I-6, hits 17
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Allied Ships- A5 R0 M1 l+ M
DE Engstrom0 F4 N& }9 m* Q
DE Emery, o9 I4 n8 t& b9 ]
DE Gilmore6 W. e8 s$ b" l! K
DE Fleming5 `$ b' r9 l/ Z( w5 x s: k1 Z
4 L" {/ P* k6 O6 L0 S' OSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1256 ?* ^( k) W( W( E: `8 g
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SS I-31, hits 2. E |4 t& }8 v4 |; L5 c9 b
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DD Dale! I/ n. ~$ @3 {! W% h7 K
- M: j! K' p& WSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk1 P9 ?" D6 o) M$ A9 X; ~
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DD Downes
_; U% W" w Z- `& v5 D, Z DD Smith
- L& i$ f; u) M( ~/ p/ I$ F9 z9 Z: E DD Rotherham
r, ?$ g1 X, w3 p" h3 s4 r0 } DD Roebuck
8 {" F1 U- h7 k' j9 a: _) { DD Relentless& J# s0 C% V4 K$ l% P
DD Redoubt4 B. P4 I5 U A7 M* s- ~0 Q
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
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DD Quilliam
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DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1251 t4 \* A6 q+ ~# Z V! s# d% M
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1 E/ l- Y! L" _1 B SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
& K* F5 i/ X. q9 N" ^ CA Canberra II0 {& u" o6 A2 Z3 ^, g! J
CA Exeter
( \. e8 @# S# e+ W7 U: ] DD Thatcher
# p- p, k0 t" ? {" x% k' n8 V DD David Taylor
" ?& V2 z1 X# X; ?. K0 } DD Strong- u2 i6 \ \( {7 u
DD Stembel5 @- `+ s6 {" {8 I
DD Schroeder
; V4 v7 O& O4 I- Q* k8 {0 f' w4 C DD John Rodgers
& C7 J0 Q3 R/ S5 Y9 S9 ?- @5 B DD Porterfield
- r w( y' a$ [* k9 X. |5 n DD Picking- c/ o# U5 T8 \
DD Wadleigh
/ m1 p; X( y- O2 _& b( l; Y4 x- X8 A DD Uhlmann
$ ~ v$ H( F- ]5 D. C/ s8 ]% \% M$ ~ DD Twining
4 Z* b+ ^1 C( \/ Q: ? DD Trathen: j$ q" B H: d% m
0 G$ @* A7 o! ^+ U+ SSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1251 u& D: p$ s. l& j4 d
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+ T" Q/ J4 F+ D, Q6 A SS I-28, hits 10
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DD Racehorse# b6 I" R' S4 W/ y8 C/ }
DD Downes
7 k: ]2 i' g0 i3 x m/ | DD Smith
9 x) J1 }/ t/ b! z% S& Q4 ^( v DD Rotherham; V0 ~& M, l0 x8 w! Y" T% w
DD Roebuck
- B1 @) Y0 d& H9 N* I DD Relentless
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% F( d( \$ r$ I7 `1 J8 l0 [5 jSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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8 X# Y6 _% a# v: I" \& O/ C SS I-43, hits 9- t- m9 h& w6 w8 B7 @5 {" R$ |
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage+ p. D8 A9 C9 H8 _/ V, g
DD Hopewell |