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。, k2 l. B% T/ Y4 M
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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。
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SS I-37, hits 8
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DD Quality# D' f' s% e" i
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! T' \$ U5 X9 k SS I-30, hits 11 p; v9 p9 i8 p( ?
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,1255 l. g1 K; V" K! P
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SS I-11, hits 16
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DE Emery$ `* C4 S8 d; G5 u! a8 ^- R7 t7 a
DE Gilmore
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 4
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DD Ingersoll
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) |( r1 M& B, X2 {3 |6 [Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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# `% l) G( ]/ ~+ k5 G& [$ J( W SS I-41, hits 12$ d% M- x+ C+ v. n1 a: n& @
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DD Quality
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SS I-6, hits 17# f; m* o2 B, }# [5 F5 u; u
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DE Engstrom! p% d3 O' h, t
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DE Gilmore. W4 D+ @, D+ Q) E9 _
DE Fleming
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1252 R" T' |: k* F: q
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DD Worden
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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' e7 Z( s$ ]7 v SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes
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DD Roebuck
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3 b Q% [& B! k- U6 y SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Quilliam
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DD Rotherham
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk/ N9 C3 w! Z0 v7 u. C8 D( X' K
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# | S2 W- N: O- l; Q% [ DD Thatcher
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9 J" E U6 B: @2 r9 C DD Strong
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DD Schroeder
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DD Porterfield
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DD Wadleigh
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DD Trathen
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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9 A9 L1 R8 o" y$ H3 W" F3 |( @ SS I-28, hits 10. v P/ h& A: j6 h8 R# @
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SS I-43, hits 9
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: j8 H0 M Q- g* t- Z. b: l( ~+ Z8 a4 o DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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