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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R( M4 b- Y7 T3 p7 i0 r" j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。9 R9 B' T7 L" H: P
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125& ]! W9 b9 H: C9 L4 q7 x8 k
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- J5 J- G8 D6 w+ y' s, A% Z SS I-37, hits 8
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Allied Ships
: w& Q. Z" ]/ c! e9 Z2 l DD Quadrant' L' O9 f; Q' J% z2 Y; K. x+ M
DD Quality3 L: K; U0 H* Z5 A) Q/ {- Z; [! l% P
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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: K3 ]3 q* L* s9 b* t SS I-30, hits 17 }5 n* b7 c: h, x0 n
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DD Ingersoll
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-11, hits 16
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6 I3 T) h0 {8 h. v2 T0 z3 a DE Fleming
0 K# G1 s+ x# P, }8 N DE Emery
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. W$ b7 W( A' z7 b3 s& F1 HASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125) u$ k) B9 P- F, }2 ~
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- r) L" D! T8 Q# a4 z! i6 T1 { SS I-28, hits 4
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- U. [( x$ l, v g* @7 _! `1 O1 j DD Ingersoll
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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# ]8 v% y; r( m E( n SS I-41, hits 12
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4 V$ o( Z4 G7 X8 K DD Quadrant
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; V& @! `+ e" w8 C+ eASW attack near Broome at 62,125% C: @% [+ y7 K; Y
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7 I8 J* j+ b" d, y; n- L8 f" \- k2 b SS I-6, hits 17
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DE Emery& M, w( ]" f0 \8 a
DE Gilmore
m0 F1 }3 F' @. z0 N! x DE Fleming. [' {% g" x+ H. {
# K( N: g& O* r& |/ U4 D! ^0 YSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1250 g5 x8 Z2 p1 p9 C: |% f/ ?
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SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Dale
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1251 o" A* c, O& H$ a0 P$ ~
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' E0 `3 s0 t4 o0 \" e SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
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- y. M k! X+ r8 i1 g' ` DD Smith
v- q- b4 e; y4 o DD Rotherham
! T9 _6 M. k" |' O: }2 B$ ?+ n& y! Q DD Roebuck: Z! c. ]' q& b4 E/ A, f% _
DD Relentless& T* N7 E$ [$ ]9 z; ^9 K; v( W% X
DD Redoubt
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! ^+ G+ Q# @: N6 E SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk4 y( t9 b: q, l& {4 V9 f
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DD Quilliam' L2 t) ?% w! B
DD Smith
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DD Roebuck, E" G. t6 _& ~( s# {" {
DD Relentless. L6 T6 F4 ]: e, q+ x
DD Redoubt. P$ p/ p4 o- M2 `) g
$ f+ P' Q6 p3 h6 k) G1 l9 E$ _8 nSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1258 x L& }( W: D+ J* G
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; |5 V5 v+ G3 d+ _- X( x SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk0 i; {; t1 ^+ ^) [" k/ `( w
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CA Exeter
# N: ?3 Q6 [/ v6 @ DD Thatcher
7 T5 e, n0 G, p0 r DD David Taylor2 H2 x8 b1 ?5 U a% b# N
DD Strong& I2 p/ o9 D1 ~
DD Stembel6 ?4 h5 \. M1 |
DD Schroeder
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DD Porterfield
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DD Twining9 K! B" H* P: @
DD Trathen; n( p$ C1 }6 r8 Q* U
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SS I-28, hits 101 r& Z* e% `- P" c# Q5 ` g1 E1 Z
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! Q) E m' ~& ]8 Y' Q# n/ o, h( L; B DD Racehorse
$ R! U- `6 i( X$ ~( `1 D" T% G DD Downes
4 p4 t) z3 W& v; l7 m& r/ L0 x% @4 X DD Smith
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. d( q* Z1 m4 a% r DD Roebuck4 w' @2 d6 r7 c( L, K8 Z L1 S
DD Relentless
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& C! w. X9 [1 GSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-43, hits 9
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% R8 ^4 x. E6 D6 S4 u# ^5 W DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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