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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4 `9 O! j5 k+ W; i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。
' W4 p1 C0 g/ K7 yASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-37, hits 8; }! F7 J( G* G& M X
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Allied Ships
9 m( P& p! f+ s; Y, c# ^* g DD Quadrant
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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$ A: Q7 b. Q0 c6 _ SS I-30, hits 12 Q( C6 A1 F- C) v/ ]5 r: F
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/ l& t+ e/ f7 v6 m3 N. |6 }' { DD Ingersoll
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2 Y6 i" l; U# Q: bSub attack near Broome at 62,125
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/ V& s9 k+ c2 [2 D6 I) O7 j7 r+ ] SS I-11, hits 161 u2 ~( H+ r, G' q: g3 r
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DE Fleming7 ^6 |. P' L( a; d0 E" l6 f, k
DE Emery
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% P$ Z# f: {' q" d9 `" y. yASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1252 e: |8 n' e$ d
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SS I-28, hits 45 |! L* y$ K' K. V
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2 \1 R. Z3 s1 {% T+ ? E1 U DD Ingersoll
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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' O/ u, Z7 H& `* \; t SS I-41, hits 12
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Allied Ships
% z' c% k6 y* ?$ _; E( B' o$ ~ DD Quadrant
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125. @* a8 y& |7 o1 c9 X h# ~9 l5 o
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4 @+ _3 R' x6 u* C SS I-6, hits 17" x: |/ }' f" q$ h1 O6 M
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DE Engstrom
6 J! @0 O) `0 v/ R, m DE Emery6 |7 G2 @" l3 n& h% @( b
DE Gilmore# y& Y; i: Y* o/ E0 q3 q3 N
DE Fleming; o. N" I1 b) I! z/ g
& O0 N2 R( r8 o1 N: l- i" oSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1254 H3 z; i6 o- a+ L
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0 w Y: s! o0 z8 a SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Worden
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125. r/ ? K( b2 D# @$ j6 S/ U7 r- |
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3 {7 q' f4 `# q! m/ s+ n' P( e$ d; @. d! f SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
2 K' a0 B% F8 B7 ^6 w9 E DD Downes4 N9 w. S* @6 q& w
DD Smith
. @* m/ Z) W; B% v: u DD Rotherham& [ J/ L- w' \' l
DD Roebuck7 I2 j+ c+ E) b4 }5 R1 w h
DD Relentless
( h6 W2 k; N5 Y; V& t' n* ~ DD Redoubt/ q( m& e0 g ?: O' U/ o
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk9 v8 T( L n! t8 f4 D
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2 p( B+ V5 i5 r$ l8 U9 j. o DD Racehorse! @9 T, F& |5 m2 B
DD Quilliam
' x" s5 o3 x/ o" {& S DD Smith0 m! ? d) O/ P8 ^& L2 v% Y
DD Rotherham
2 A; \* f- E. Z) B DD Roebuck
6 @4 }" m! A }! C# G" c DD Relentless
3 ~+ }8 \; w4 i: Q2 H: R DD Redoubt5 O! Q* M& X2 x r" f2 N
0 D! v' N2 d* sSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1257 ]3 r8 H0 a, D3 a3 [
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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. k; r3 n7 i$ I" S! q: w/ I CA Exeter; R7 c4 n+ K9 [* k7 p' t8 p& y: H
DD Thatcher
2 f0 }5 B- _$ T/ L1 a+ [ DD David Taylor$ ~2 i, T) G; o2 q6 c( a9 H
DD Strong
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* u q3 l1 W: ^+ N) r6 T9 b A DD Schroeder2 w ^- Q" s) M
DD John Rodgers
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DD Picking4 N$ f9 @6 ?% ^$ I
DD Wadleigh
3 ^" i( H6 E' `6 R' ` DD Uhlmann
! I. u$ i, ^1 a DD Twining( I! C6 x1 i5 _' G2 F
DD Trathen
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 10/ Y8 o! V9 H& S( o% R
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DD Racehorse; U4 T @ U2 Q( m
DD Downes6 P- p* j* L5 m& ?" T
DD Smith
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DD Roebuck
2 q( x) m# i9 Z1 o5 E DD Relentless
: d: V7 E; e% r3 R( s" B% R DD Rapid
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9 [$ _4 H8 Q4 c! u6 FSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-43, hits 9; `, Y9 U! `8 I& [; Q
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/ V+ k* Z) o0 {' b/ Q' b- ] DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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