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 K; L$ @3 T; M4 [$ K) C& W+ bASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,1255 k/ s( _; |- L* ^3 V0 n2 c
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SS I-37, hits 8' U7 X1 [- S- ?& h' y2 X
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DD Quadrant1 ]0 ~- w: r- H! @* \
DD Quality. u+ {6 e2 p6 j2 I$ Q% W$ @; w
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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Japanese Ships
0 S8 c- t. C" m. o' [ SS I-30, hits 1
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DD Ingersoll
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125! u m3 f4 u, E1 C2 ~ F
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SS I-11, hits 16& y/ ^/ G: U j' o1 E
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DE Fleming+ t' I# X! \4 H* _" Q
DE Emery
( i9 @: K6 i% \& C% a/ H$ R/ ]) N DE Gilmore
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/ \) A3 r, E* AASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1255 ?/ v2 {4 K4 c' X0 C$ G
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SS I-28, hits 4
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" A8 p4 ]: i. ~ d DD Isherwood% E ~/ M |0 {9 h$ c
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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6 }3 `. V) J5 x9 T0 { SS I-41, hits 12
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DD Quadrant, {6 c& D' r! d4 {0 I
DD Quality
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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# C+ g: r8 o4 l6 B+ f y SS I-6, hits 17) `9 ?/ E) A8 b2 Y j2 V
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Allied Ships
% ^3 ], f, D- E$ u5 k DE Engstrom7 O2 Y0 Q" C$ E) H! \
DE Emery
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" k$ Y4 K" j! W3 j DE Fleming
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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* V- r; O" R2 z: p& a3 H SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Dale
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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" y0 A" ?) c2 I; ^ SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes
8 W6 N6 H$ U6 r3 Q0 v+ N) i. c$ i DD Smith
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DD Roebuck
4 e6 Y( G8 D# a2 k% x DD Relentless2 F* l r1 n' f6 x
DD Redoubt
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk% q) M- t1 U& W) a6 b& Y1 C- a" v* ?
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DD Racehorse% }6 N% k& q" d. E6 r. |7 d4 U
DD Quilliam$ h; j& a' u# T/ j k
DD Smith
1 i$ H0 w0 F& j: F; u DD Rotherham' ^* L7 x- a% D- d5 G. @+ s
DD Roebuck
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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" `2 x4 A- K# ^& b% N4 Y% ~3 ` SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk6 G ^# l; Y% A6 k' R7 o& C- g$ e
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CA Canberra II- O4 V* `/ J; T8 E$ C5 h/ ~$ V
CA Exeter$ g' w( {5 ^- ?8 l' C* E
DD Thatcher( I/ `8 q' d Z( Y+ f5 d, Y! Q
DD David Taylor
1 t0 e! C- `, N4 a( I. o% n/ ^ DD Strong
* `+ S. j3 ^) o+ g2 ?$ S9 P DD Stembel
$ R4 w" t& G2 t* Y DD Schroeder8 l2 j9 u3 {5 [& v2 W1 }) @( ]9 ?
DD John Rodgers% ~4 Z7 e- ?, d7 s( N
DD Porterfield
6 T" b( _/ r/ `; s' i/ T' Q* ^ DD Picking
& X8 x0 E3 {+ ]# k; j0 c/ e8 M" c$ K DD Wadleigh
- f: Q# ]8 f7 n) ` DD Uhlmann
! y0 I+ m% C; S. R* R DD Twining
3 l# C( s7 p7 z5 p- p" O& g+ l3 r DD Trathen& f+ y$ M6 {8 r- W6 ]+ O$ W6 o
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125# U# N p: B+ S1 j: |$ n1 P# a
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DD Downes$ G- d5 \3 V H8 H) s2 q
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DD Roebuck
; P' x: K3 [) B. W% z2 {' w DD Relentless
, Y7 k- X3 B+ X7 j1 ] DD Rapid
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+ T! [% F1 t* y8 _# i% RSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,1256 ~ C C0 ^# u# P2 q
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage% t. G' g- v5 F( B% E) {2 R
DD Hopewell |