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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$ Z; c; }( F5 a0 b! Q. Y/ h* G- s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 s! O+ b# O) Y7 j3 V! Q8 p$ aASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-37, hits 8
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Allied Ships
1 v4 E! Z0 U5 U( a% u+ S DD Quadrant
4 I; F7 Y' V' r8 K' ~" L) L0 ^; Y DD Quality# \' |2 P5 K% b. Z, k- _) g; a& B3 I
5 q# p4 g- G+ _8 ~6 @" D ~, LASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 18 P+ _/ N- J* Z. z
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DD Ingersoll, Q6 L9 s" B" w; g4 d, ^2 T
DD Isherwood, f3 ?! K [3 S( Q( Q) {
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-11, hits 16
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. f/ ]) |2 n+ S$ w1 c: h2 d DE Fleming
6 m( A+ v4 u6 X DE Emery: t+ L9 x0 A. b
DE Gilmore
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 45 f% ^0 P$ X& F$ @, c6 W
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DD Ingersoll6 O! Z" h. i1 {0 x- m
DD Isherwood: G; i' A+ A) o
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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Japanese Ships
: e( K" i8 z. l8 s6 T! o- R5 l3 L SS I-41, hits 12
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; x" g; g1 I8 C4 n DD Quadrant1 T% s( p2 `) a6 O- n
DD Quality$ }" A9 M5 a; g* }1 B/ P/ i* t3 Q
) `/ P- m% ^- _ASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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) p' J8 a1 }& I v, o) A/ u, P2 a' ? SS I-6, hits 173 Z' g6 }# Y( _7 z% W
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Allied Ships
2 |* c5 n- }5 V. K/ u8 Y3 h9 Q5 V DE Engstrom
& N5 J6 f/ W4 {' f5 W4 n# P$ l k DE Emery
+ C* w8 s3 M4 w DE Gilmore6 }- F& [6 Q$ d X
DE Fleming4 b c. ?- K3 R1 K
2 b: l ~ d+ v5 ~1 T8 OSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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9 I/ P6 {( V& v9 y/ {" ~5 T+ K SS I-31, hits 2
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Allied Ships
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DD Dale
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4 n9 r8 W* X7 G2 i1 ]Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125& x1 u2 U" a7 }* }
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# ]7 B! l+ J& @! X x% L2 r+ N' o SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes
8 h" u& [( w4 P) l B- R- N DD Smith4 l; I' [ y- Z/ ~. @/ @6 a
DD Rotherham( B( h2 L- L) H
DD Roebuck* S3 i5 c$ Z) ~/ A# f
DD Relentless
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, e1 G2 `7 ~9 S: {Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1251 m7 h: D* }$ N* n3 X7 N
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Racehorse
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DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless9 W; \; w Z0 c5 f5 K8 Z" I
DD Redoubt7 y4 K7 @3 R$ m1 N
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk; C% l: w- ]+ c- D q) [: h6 b
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CA Canberra II
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DD Thatcher
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DD Strong
; c3 S& C5 \ ~, s. l0 t DD Stembel
I% ~( J5 Y$ A3 m' r5 W6 r5 T DD Schroeder
1 y7 r" n" e( C1 H7 W DD John Rodgers. ~7 I# v$ h# Z) v4 l
DD Porterfield
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DD Wadleigh
, Q1 _! I3 ~1 [/ y3 o+ |2 ] DD Uhlmann N) {8 i+ ?$ q1 g& o7 w0 k. h
DD Twining
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. J+ d/ }* ~+ m" w+ g) k6 b- hSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125+ ?* p6 C5 B0 E7 j ]6 Z" I
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( T# i. G) Y, X; X SS I-28, hits 10
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DD Racehorse
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DD Smith
8 J5 n5 Q( S' i/ W% q. K a& J" D DD Rotherham
. @% Z0 m9 r. |4 D$ d. y DD Roebuck
3 ?( t0 ]) ?2 R1 c8 M4 A DD Relentless
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-43, hits 9
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage" {- Z4 _+ q1 z* y6 z# S2 s- e7 b: ?
DD Hopewell |