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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3 d' T# r& I9 q' p+ c: c* Q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。6 ]5 e+ a9 V8 z$ b/ W# u4 q0 S
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125& b7 {, F) t0 J% r
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Japanese Ships
1 P. c. [3 H, |$ c) J SS I-37, hits 8. d4 V/ j4 b1 ]0 a# u9 c
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Allied Ships
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DD Quality6 c8 d" _# ?7 R, U& W
* Z0 |7 {+ ]6 h1 W4 e C' }# pASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125* A$ l+ o* k8 }2 p) S% r2 P3 ?
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SS I-30, hits 1
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0 B- r8 G" ~* }* J' u, A0 J DD Ingersoll. D* Q" ?- O, [* M3 Q( l- i3 \
DD Isherwood
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4 m3 v+ X- A J; o6 ISub attack near Broome at 62,125
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! D3 R* ~$ [. m3 p% Z SS I-11, hits 16% J$ `4 g7 w2 `' W& `# q0 w1 \
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Allied Ships
0 m# W, r2 f* \! q- h8 L) \: \ DE Fleming
) U8 T$ c |! O/ l+ C6 n DE Emery' A' X- y0 }2 g: F
DE Gilmore
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" Q: ^, Q5 l9 J, aASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125' P7 o- q$ B7 d8 T8 ]
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; }5 k3 ^0 U1 }! z SS I-28, hits 4
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Allied Ships
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DD Isherwood5 o8 P; ] K: K$ I6 R7 G/ q
7 y9 U# r" K6 gSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-41, hits 12
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6 Y0 L2 l* N M' m w& ` DD Quadrant
i0 X7 L8 ?) Q* f DD Quality
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125( ^! i& \" c. }' l! V0 S+ G* v
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Japanese Ships
' T# N: J. ?- N! O2 d* J SS I-6, hits 17( @1 Z$ m! K! z1 S, R- t
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Allied Ships4 e- P4 l5 ~' @1 f$ y7 h/ v X
DE Engstrom
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DE Gilmore8 I1 w) V" n9 s# [
DE Fleming
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SS I-31, hits 2
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2 s% q( S# j6 x" i5 ? DD Worden5 z8 z/ s% A, ~% ?
DD Dale1 L# j1 f. }8 z2 F5 J# K) D
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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Japanese Ships
! L0 a8 J4 m* V1 N5 ~- O SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk s* s7 f0 q4 h6 ]1 p+ P' M4 s" \9 {
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3 K7 W+ R, F* i3 a7 b DD Downes
% \: t! w& T, a# y! y! ^6 o DD Smith, b! ?8 A& a6 t& `+ S* d% T
DD Rotherham; ^. z5 J" q+ l: f; p" p2 `/ v
DD Roebuck- Q( N( Q8 j2 T: k
DD Relentless
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* Y, j9 }) ?5 W$ JSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk, O8 A+ n$ r( K8 W. {
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Allied Ships
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DD Quilliam4 H% T3 u& }3 L7 A0 {. X
DD Smith8 F3 i. Y# `, ]' c( J+ |
DD Rotherham
: M1 e: e: V) F3 u4 ^6 F DD Roebuck
K/ Y6 E9 a) G2 E4 r6 y. K DD Relentless
# x2 W7 m5 n5 F, [6 M9 Q/ o DD Redoubt
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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CA Canberra II' |# @, B2 v; T; [# F, \
CA Exeter
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DD David Taylor
1 r. _3 l/ O) _6 ^ DD Strong
- g# [4 {& r+ S DD Stembel
$ s, p- r# f" ?8 B$ r2 k( n( ] DD Schroeder
# y/ u% [3 f) T1 o+ M5 [ DD John Rodgers' U/ H% @8 I# t2 d( k
DD Porterfield
$ e, Y/ v4 f- n( y% X DD Picking I0 j5 H% r& k) G% S
DD Wadleigh
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DD Twining) o2 B' d. ?, G; A+ X6 F, F
DD Trathen+ X0 {# U2 J9 Y, H
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 10
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1 `2 W" e. `2 h) E/ R" g DD Racehorse
7 L* ]* G$ }( s$ L' Q: _ DD Downes
( ?1 x) A0 G8 L' F DD Smith
7 K, v" v% u* y9 a DD Rotherham. o* k' o: G( D- n3 @+ z
DD Roebuck6 V( |1 ~; P" D* s' `5 k
DD Relentless
1 p# z+ I$ l S0 b" h/ i# c+ z DD Rapid) Y, U: Z. E; p( ~5 i% j& R2 r- {: B
7 Y) ]2 h- G4 u' ^4 d! P5 d3 ySub attack near Port Hedland at 57,1250 I. W% }; w2 B: w5 T" N6 p3 `
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SS I-43, hits 9: C' \ m# E5 `1 L
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage' J0 P- o T" E+ K0 F2 B
DD Hopewell |