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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. l% f* B- ~ t0 q# q. N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。
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SS I-37, hits 8
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DD Quadrant
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Japanese Ships
7 F6 [& N$ N- v SS I-30, hits 1
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DD Ingersoll
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125/ D8 T. Z/ u; `3 q2 p$ W
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' Z! E( G, `; ?8 F0 h5 `3 U" e SS I-11, hits 16
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Allied Ships
8 t& S5 R! N/ ~0 E! Q- I0 ] DE Fleming
2 {! T8 s! p; I0 ~* { DE Emery
g0 Z$ [2 Z: V8 {( X DE Gilmore8 U/ z* M0 H# c) D, s
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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4 R, ^" X$ F, |; J- N0 f% R SS I-28, hits 4
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DD Ingersoll6 s; R9 \4 T9 q" [" L/ }3 S/ V
DD Isherwood
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6 P5 R8 X e. E& I n8 tSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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$ R: k4 H4 ~/ S9 z1 f, B SS I-41, hits 12
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DD Quadrant
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,1252 Y% Q: S8 h8 [; d1 s" T
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SS I-6, hits 17
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Allied Ships
. }& Z' K1 D( r+ @" F2 ?5 ]6 ~ DE Engstrom
0 R* b) a/ m" T9 n3 O. H C DE Emery
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DE Fleming
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Worden
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: T4 |/ R1 R6 @Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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. M# K3 N# C" W2 M" v' ~/ T5 _; T* J SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes
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5 s& L9 C+ k3 ]% \; u DD Rotherham" C- Q! Q$ B0 H4 S
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DD Relentless
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1 l: I" a7 n% V! L+ N4 M0 SSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk4 o, T* g. \) U
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9 R* I( U5 Z9 }: u. X, Q1 P6 l DD Racehorse1 Q+ J* r! E; `9 q' _4 T w
DD Quilliam/ S3 R! `5 J& _# v/ w3 S
DD Smith1 t2 D& G T' h2 T9 l3 W- H, g6 \' r' R
DD Rotherham$ a i: f# T8 X
DD Roebuck1 H* b5 c5 N; L; l0 S; u) J# v5 D
DD Relentless, S6 s y5 n1 {9 @3 k
DD Redoubt5 {4 M9 c- y$ s# |$ @
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125: ~8 u( q _3 O4 ~# r( W
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; F5 W; L1 j* e3 A0 V$ R SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
& K( H/ D. p+ f4 n" n9 ] CA Canberra II
9 Y9 Q2 }5 _# M" d# B* e T7 a CA Exeter
' @# x2 u+ {; k) N$ Q5 ^ DD Thatcher
) [+ {, S- M) y! c8 A0 Z DD David Taylor
" m; ?" z2 l% {! ^; t, O DD Strong
& b' i( Q$ o, K; e) J2 G( I DD Stembel
5 A% A7 u. U6 m DD Schroeder/ V$ X8 u7 \" {0 D8 n: p5 m
DD John Rodgers, k/ X8 h# z% ]3 c1 [; g
DD Porterfield! ?. \; y p2 {+ B* v1 A3 j
DD Picking% ]% q1 v4 w, m% q9 m, }2 s
DD Wadleigh' e- w0 D* W1 P U
DD Uhlmann$ z1 h! Y# a4 x& r5 F/ M0 n3 o
DD Twining
2 p- t6 w( b" F4 Q) a5 F DD Trathen/ E* V3 W# [& y+ G
3 I v+ B2 u7 f& |+ p( ^7 t. zSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125% ]6 U) x1 n/ v1 n
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Japanese Ships
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DD Racehorse
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DD Rotherham
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DD Rapid
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-43, hits 9/ e' L3 k7 k. f% f
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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