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。, u7 E$ W/ [7 E$ Y; K
# v M+ n/ x4 E) v( q' D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。
0 J2 T- @- \4 g. s9 U; K3 uASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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8 M* }3 w6 F3 t( U& E3 B, G SS I-37, hits 8
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DD Quadrant
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) {- z. {4 f% z1 }) AASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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Japanese Ships
4 V; `; N! y* p/ G2 T, H SS I-30, hits 1
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: E) b$ ?, l* _# N' @ DD Ingersoll" _. }# T0 R4 f
DD Isherwood
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, D! d4 t2 j( J' KSub attack near Broome at 62,125
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Japanese Ships0 c2 w f: S5 p/ H, M
SS I-11, hits 162 d1 o2 `0 M* E% c7 m
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DE Fleming! @# U$ L7 @+ D& m' y
DE Emery
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1256 D p' p) j/ [0 X
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Japanese Ships
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Allied Ships
3 d c/ H, [; B1 t" F$ a! a DD Ingersoll8 Z' E: G$ K6 Z6 m; m7 j
DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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Japanese Ships
6 R, k) q1 U! F5 k( A3 V SS I-41, hits 12- V" I- P7 E2 I# R
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DD Quadrant1 h+ _1 w& G' T
DD Quality7 u) x+ p+ U2 x; _+ X3 p
; P$ d2 ]$ K8 E: TASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-6, hits 17
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6 a4 r& V9 p5 V DE Engstrom! Y& Q) ?' z; v) c
DE Emery
7 a9 z' _3 Y) O! w: b DE Gilmore
% K( ?" n/ m8 f7 I$ F9 b. w DE Fleming
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; v# P; {& m$ F8 M# F1 {; A" tSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125% }. j7 A$ L6 s( L% I5 c* A
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) o8 U, D; y) u" T9 K _ SS I-31, hits 2. k! c$ M* h+ F' d! y
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Allied Ships
3 ^2 Y/ l. g" P DD Worden
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4 k0 v2 \ F' k! f3 fSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125$ t% u" F- f1 u& H: P2 g
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
' ~7 q0 s2 g& y; H" ]0 H( s DD Downes
# S5 w) \1 b/ p/ @ DD Smith
5 i+ d3 k U* g% A( X8 F9 t DD Rotherham
; D# Z1 f7 y3 V8 Q) F, U* S& m DD Roebuck5 L; w; L0 X6 {9 l+ R' V
DD Relentless" d5 H/ \; w7 z) k! q* j$ s7 \/ L
DD Redoubt
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Racehorse
% U; S" M; r0 |% R! Q7 v DD Quilliam
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DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless" o' t6 Z" h4 Z% E
DD Redoubt6 ~, V4 J) Z0 F
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1259 q4 N, W Z" _ H4 q: v$ {
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk5 \ q# t" Z( X) k
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$ Z% h! r# g0 A8 ~ CA Canberra II
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DD Thatcher
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* D+ h9 x6 _& g4 @ DD Strong
% E$ u# T5 m7 A% B2 u DD Stembel3 d" l) _6 D3 e# S9 w0 r5 d
DD Schroeder6 {& b4 e; w( j- t. i" F, e: v
DD John Rodgers7 _7 r) v, e6 T: e
DD Porterfield/ W* x( K. w% i) p
DD Picking4 \( H* h, v% }0 b
DD Wadleigh
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8 H) X! D4 y5 n4 \4 o DD Trathen c" A, ]- F) C$ {2 n% H8 ~" k
' O4 ?+ {5 g m# q& WSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 10
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5 ]1 R) L' {8 Y; |$ |( l& D; l DD Racehorse8 y& m9 L | l; `9 }
DD Downes+ T/ D3 f ^/ W3 n+ e$ P$ r% ~% U
DD Smith/ N" [) A6 W8 B( X/ h* ~( V2 E
DD Rotherham0 t& e; r* m2 z6 N1 L6 t
DD Roebuck
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DD Rapid/ E; h+ P* q- G% ^
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% |0 B. ?# u1 v' ~+ D9 a7 x \* r SS I-43, hits 9: y* @! S: E5 ~; B+ R5 W( K: i
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage/ j# G; }6 l- A* s
DD Hopewell |