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。+ W5 V6 d# f# m4 a$ `6 D
+ k) P) `$ r2 w2 W5 x4 q' P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。
3 s, i q9 l; ?) }/ zASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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3 \6 `. O& k4 b5 J, j! e& o SS I-37, hits 8
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Allied Ships
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DD Quality
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- G) h3 z- B( [8 AASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 1
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Allied Ships
, |6 M! C0 C+ d7 v. Q9 Q DD Ingersoll
8 \7 c4 ^; |: C$ U8 P# {1 U( g DD Isherwood
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$ Z; C7 A7 a$ E9 d5 dSub attack near Broome at 62,125" c1 c' H7 e+ y4 j
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- Q2 M" f1 X3 ^8 M/ M8 F SS I-11, hits 16/ ^' s1 y* s. D# q+ E
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, p7 u3 e/ h% [ DE Fleming6 q6 E# o1 M4 Y( M9 O2 B. r6 y
DE Emery
4 m. S# @( \) C% t! K DE Gilmore' U: Y/ h% L6 F) L' C
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125% p" o0 s# ^3 x } ~7 W5 Z, \
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- r+ D! X: K8 W$ a# \& U) p) w SS I-28, hits 4
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DD Ingersoll
, `+ B) [& ]: [5 o2 x l DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125" A: c/ d( T6 l. l& S, b
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SS I-41, hits 12' u& T/ l9 f$ v! c( v
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# W6 B( ^( c8 z) u/ t. Y2 a DD Quadrant# R# \$ v" d6 K5 h
DD Quality
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7 H0 x2 f( f2 @/ k3 E, o' S5 S: hASW attack near Broome at 62,125& U1 G( L9 m7 q
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SS I-6, hits 17
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Allied Ships2 W I! Z3 S& P N
DE Engstrom/ _: Z" `9 B( U3 D ]4 g9 A9 `
DE Emery
8 G: G- R5 ]- A, d$ A2 f% \/ t7 I DE Gilmore
2 ^$ P% L8 p1 H( w* T7 o DE Fleming
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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Japanese Ships
) c& d, c) B6 O2 v8 C, H SS I-31, hits 2- O c! r- u2 [
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1 }' g7 _2 T3 ]/ M9 C DD Worden
| q3 H+ b" x, q% v2 ?: Q- f DD Dale
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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/ B; l+ A4 l- Z, t; i SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk6 N+ S; x+ h4 [7 n
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Allied Ships
0 D7 O/ r& h, p; ], q DD Downes
: G% }1 T, t4 l DD Smith
' h3 @# I7 O$ o; W" T+ G! I5 ` DD Rotherham+ ]' g) \- F8 A4 V7 T: n% L
DD Roebuck/ @2 Z' }9 a7 _0 K% R
DD Relentless; v" C5 Q7 V5 a# V( C
DD Redoubt
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" p0 s+ s9 }4 z4 R" I" eSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125/ l6 g r& k$ u3 ^: U8 M
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk5 \. Q+ ^; [5 x
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M4 w- Y& M! `4 ? DD Racehorse
) T! t; B; N3 T& d DD Quilliam1 R/ [& r6 e+ N W3 T
DD Smith' i- o4 { k& ]1 l' q% s4 T% d
DD Rotherham
1 o3 n. r' T, J' L0 p! f DD Roebuck
; y, ^0 z _: a# W DD Relentless
7 n4 O: I1 j- Q3 U& M DD Redoubt- V) \3 |# P4 `/ y6 R/ q) L
0 X1 I& ^ j8 t/ w% n, A0 j% ~Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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/ n; f3 V8 S* q' q1 i SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
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CA Exeter8 C! L& ?# R2 d+ ~
DD Thatcher4 l/ o" L& b3 A0 T/ K
DD David Taylor
7 @$ X/ f$ h9 Q* d DD Strong4 ~$ a5 m% }/ D# o6 u
DD Stembel
' i. z/ L7 y; S8 u DD Schroeder
^& m" Q3 G2 r0 e5 U4 w! ] DD John Rodgers& T7 S# [. y w) a; { r6 ~1 F
DD Porterfield) S! K7 v, O" `, T7 M; l; d1 u
DD Picking/ F! f! _8 Y( y" }
DD Wadleigh
( I( u' d6 k" m: M; U( G) Z DD Uhlmann
) z; t( p1 v; v' \ DD Twining
- U# x2 s/ {% m8 E6 v# v/ s* M& E DD Trathen7 \4 p- f! }9 r$ r9 _6 _
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1259 u* F2 Y- G# k+ U% k+ H u: R
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DD Racehorse5 S, e1 w S7 t3 _6 ?) @/ ~
DD Downes; u8 ^! {) U7 U9 _
DD Smith. [/ i% ~% F0 d9 J* S
DD Rotherham" l( v) T: |$ _3 K
DD Roebuck# ?4 h4 g; e$ f
DD Relentless
2 ~& C; o& F6 O1 ~1 I& C' K0 c* W DD Rapid
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,1258 l8 L! ` E, c$ R9 z# j5 n
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/ t9 h6 O- I1 A3 b2 o SS I-43, hits 9
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- ~) C4 u# b: l& h, a- N! t5 B DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage& j8 N$ B, m! H3 |+ }7 |
DD Hopewell |