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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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。
( o3 Y7 q6 R, WASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-37, hits 8
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DD Quadrant. d. m& U. @9 [/ U4 o4 c
DD Quality% R1 | K. u9 I/ O" O
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 1
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DD Ingersoll5 C, u/ P' c. e7 Y; j
DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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9 k8 |% H! C- G+ q I; x SS I-11, hits 16' _" C% z* ~2 S" v
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Allied Ships
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DE Emery
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9 d- h8 H, N) a/ {3 f- {6 SASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1250 p! y3 n3 w( T( ^
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p; I9 q( r6 X0 ]$ T SS I-28, hits 40 ^- I _( n- }5 l
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DD Ingersoll6 } ~3 p) {+ C, H# W8 k; ^
DD Isherwood3 A5 f+ j- E/ z/ t8 [* p
: D6 M- @2 h5 NSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125* Q1 U+ W: M) ^, I' B
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SS I-41, hits 12- {2 N. d& o. n
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DD Quality
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: u5 s2 f' ?/ kASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-6, hits 17
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DE Engstrom3 f$ B& d r G
DE Emery: \8 K4 u& r, j- U% @3 ]6 u1 f V3 r
DE Gilmore
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3 }7 ^2 z3 g# ?Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Worden; H+ Q9 z; v$ I
DD Dale
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, E' X2 [ L+ n2 {Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125. Q1 H0 c) Y, f; f# }/ ^
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk. w1 ^# l2 }' n4 B; Y
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DD Downes9 E1 A8 }2 w% g$ u" U3 z4 k# H
DD Smith: I* z) t y8 E* ~& l S) B3 J
DD Rotherham+ k& Y" h8 {% t, L7 T
DD Roebuck
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DD Redoubt% |1 E. U! _* D- w" h1 \
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Racehorse
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DD Smith9 c! @) [$ s5 X' T \
DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless
6 R, O0 L4 D5 x& v, v DD Redoubt
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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5 O- j$ }$ O3 G$ | SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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CA Canberra II
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DD David Taylor2 I" S8 F2 B; b/ }" x7 m! o" p3 x# p
DD Strong
/ G5 L0 U( g- n" X/ V2 E7 J DD Stembel
7 M; A- N9 _; O w0 l+ j7 Z" X DD Schroeder
9 z, e A5 \" A4 B s7 x+ \; @ DD John Rodgers" D0 F* |" ?. o- H
DD Porterfield
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DD Wadleigh
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SS I-28, hits 10
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Allied Ships
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DD Downes; p. N5 ^. y0 l2 M* }4 s3 t
DD Smith
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DD Relentless
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Allied Ships
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DD Hopewell |