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。* J' f8 x$ W7 p8 q
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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。! t g+ N$ Z% }. |1 _
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,1251 d, K4 p" R2 W# R% ?! v* e
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% L5 D; d7 _4 C9 f: r: \& ~1 c SS I-37, hits 8
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125: I* \" H0 x) O- w3 U5 k) f7 ^
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SS I-30, hits 14 A" V1 b. w4 L" U: A
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) j i7 ~9 x5 S, s: Q DD Ingersoll0 k$ d6 u q& n) \7 B4 x W4 I: {; L- [
DD Isherwood6 Y7 f6 M* Y1 E) C+ ]/ B
\: f8 o6 h7 T4 LSub attack near Broome at 62,1257 @% S) N7 S {/ M+ g6 l; O3 l
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+ m/ J* [- L" @2 f SS I-11, hits 16% p h5 P: y2 v! N2 y
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5 X0 e: U9 I1 K, Q7 D+ a6 p DE Fleming+ B6 V8 E k! g+ ?/ U: B
DE Emery
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1251 I! f2 o% O- x9 Y4 I
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SS I-28, hits 4, E1 G; n B H! `" p
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DD Ingersoll9 S. k: d; m, }# H4 a
DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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$ E/ k; Y8 B9 | SS I-41, hits 12
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DD Quadrant
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SS I-6, hits 17
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DE Engstrom
6 O- ` P; l; J( v1 d1 W- g DE Emery
' P6 w n# A/ T8 ` DE Gilmore. V* r: G: \1 c7 D1 \5 }
DE Fleming
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SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Worden, M7 T& i3 L: u* d# f
DD Dale
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125; }1 }4 {6 _2 v* E$ U. @
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& Z# |- z/ G# i1 z# n3 q; _9 Z SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes6 n* |! d# h7 Y; N) q5 B
DD Smith
8 U/ l) O( ^3 D7 l9 d& v DD Rotherham/ J) m' }9 _3 \# H
DD Roebuck
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DD Redoubt
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/ _7 @3 H* `( NSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Racehorse( ^7 T0 _ c; }+ Y; s* p" D
DD Quilliam+ }) n, C5 l4 R" U! W
DD Smith
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DD Roebuck
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DD Redoubt
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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CA Canberra II
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DD Thatcher6 C2 Q/ a. B4 X+ J8 L- d
DD David Taylor7 Z2 _8 G9 `5 c
DD Strong# {+ Y( K4 S( N+ l6 i
DD Stembel
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DD John Rodgers9 c9 k* W0 |0 n8 A+ g7 A# l) W
DD Porterfield9 J+ h% q: E2 A% n% c
DD Picking* }; q$ a" W+ i1 }. a* T
DD Wadleigh' P$ U$ M6 M2 e N
DD Uhlmann
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DD Racehorse
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DD Smith$ o( ^ r) ] w- ^/ l8 o
DD Rotherham2 y2 G% P0 l% \! P) C" n1 j2 F
DD Roebuck6 ?& j9 E7 K6 {: k
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 damage4 r+ N% K k. a/ Z" a) E3 K% _
DD Hopewell |