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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' w/ B8 c0 l; ]# X# y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。8 _! H8 F$ B1 O: E
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125, ^! l. f; W+ K8 M
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% w; f) s9 m# m# Q SS I-37, hits 89 ?8 t. P9 ?& Y# W( X v; M
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DD Quality
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9 }+ P9 o, U4 ~5 a. j' i, qASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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Japanese Ships
5 t; R k: m5 Y/ y }: W& W- h SS I-30, hits 12 E; ^$ e( l3 r9 M
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DD Ingersoll7 n, f2 i R* f+ I
DD Isherwood$ W7 F- \: S% }1 q- f
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-11, hits 16
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DE Emery
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' W7 \. X2 K+ tASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125; ]7 l9 A2 F+ k$ @
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SS I-28, hits 4
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DD Ingersoll
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-41, hits 12
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DD Quadrant5 T: [8 s/ I# Z6 p' N: Z ]1 F
DD Quality
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5 f$ b8 V% x" R- }) M7 FASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-6, hits 175 Y: z: A. y! a6 Q. t' t. ]) K
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DE Gilmore
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C. {0 i& s8 j# QSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-31, hits 20 W9 P% j% X; n, m/ y" j5 ~ G
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DD Worden
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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+ m$ g2 F' G; i+ l! j; R# q! U6 G SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk! ?$ a' {# x Y7 k9 A
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DD Downes
( l: t1 y+ Y @' e6 a/ [+ k DD Smith: j5 r2 o( U" B
DD Rotherham
* W- r$ k$ f' c DD Roebuck
5 l! h/ h* p7 k9 r: Y" Q2 E DD Relentless8 z7 ^8 }8 g0 o1 E3 v6 I0 x* F0 K2 O
DD Redoubt
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; [2 h5 d3 J' kSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1255 K% j/ ^9 v, d6 a# x
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6 Y8 g* z' J' Q* a: G6 U SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk, z" x& R( g8 X
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: a, W! X4 S z# B% w& y DD Racehorse
' z% l( K2 Q; N. ~' j DD Quilliam
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DD Rotherham
% d1 J; X" M$ v: N/ {" |5 N DD Roebuck
! b- r. e% b# E5 ?. R DD Relentless
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/ ]) w6 ]$ v7 \' e4 c6 {3 pSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk( l' a4 z* X$ X, \" T
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CA Canberra II6 w% y7 g) a4 N' _& p3 {" t8 I" o; g
CA Exeter
. y9 y: a* @3 b/ u! ^# K. f DD Thatcher
) t8 G0 z& y5 Y! t) Z DD David Taylor
0 J n0 Q8 D0 Z* M# A& q7 {4 u DD Strong
, @) c7 B& s1 C DD Stembel% N% p7 X! @1 m4 f
DD Schroeder1 r+ ?, Q: f q H
DD John Rodgers' L7 b! q ^! x2 w' y
DD Porterfield
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DD Wadleigh' y9 T! N% n3 s; ]& G
DD Uhlmann
9 o7 w& d5 M7 V DD Twining
) ^1 \0 F$ G( _. u" a3 P! | DD Trathen! y+ f2 p7 Y1 C
4 T. m- P" ~7 K6 g# j1 NSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125- I# L' X# R5 G
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DD Racehorse
4 U8 s5 d% }0 [+ U% Z DD Downes8 _5 {2 C3 X5 ]3 f
DD Smith
3 N) `" q, \- t9 b, H" W- E$ h1 a DD Rotherham
6 h7 ?4 E2 H% z) v, j4 I DD Roebuck
7 r5 A' C2 ^- d D5 E2 K& I4 t DD Relentless+ A5 F* {$ \+ T
DD Rapid
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; J( p+ _0 d) X' L1 G7 k& K5 M; m7 qSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125! ?( z/ V) y, y( c1 o
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' d$ @& ? a. Z: h SS I-43, hits 9
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# x& n- G$ E2 c' C% t' b G DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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