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。( S5 `: Z' M2 v" t$ I$ h
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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。
( L% I% o- c. I5 jASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125$ U8 o% @# |5 ~7 o# s+ \
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Japanese Ships/ p- u/ t# s" C5 g# L
SS I-37, hits 8
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8 D8 B; m3 ~3 i* f0 x1 o! I3 t DD Quadrant9 i( s1 D7 o8 m' D1 A1 U7 d
DD Quality
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( W" B) W8 t- g) SASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1256 L/ c+ ^% o, T9 y3 K6 V, y! E
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SS I-30, hits 19 D. ~' O; q3 \' k7 B( {
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/ P4 p, f% i8 ]1 R' ` DD Ingersoll9 F: A( Y! W0 i) ^; W3 m' d; s
DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125; v/ G. J3 |: k% n; |
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$ _& F8 h& V# r3 I( O/ ~# b SS I-11, hits 16
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Allied Ships
- N, ` {' C; s- K$ w2 l+ F- S DE Fleming
1 D( K& H, ~. I3 X5 _ DE Emery& f6 @6 c4 D; S# \& w) H1 o
DE Gilmore
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' `( x5 H4 i& f+ F* h. AASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1259 c" _5 X2 D& h- x
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SS I-28, hits 4) E q! W7 i1 U) `
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Allied Ships8 T |+ ?5 R1 O, i# D1 }
DD Ingersoll2 \( L7 H7 ~9 n
DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125' X5 [1 I' L U2 e- N! t/ k5 S
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% `0 |$ A" \, y SS I-41, hits 12
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Allied Ships5 c6 Z$ O+ x" ]. s- S: V
DD Quadrant8 a; c. o2 g6 p1 i0 {+ E6 J5 d% }( h
DD Quality. j* m* k9 |1 b3 p& z
6 E4 x! n! Z7 h9 K; [4 c( i8 SASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-6, hits 17
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Allied Ships
( K) _ p3 N+ a8 ^ DE Engstrom
# E, b. \( o* I DE Emery; L) p0 [/ M! i
DE Gilmore3 G# i: @$ C% ]2 l/ ^6 g7 R& S
DE Fleming3 F. P' C1 b$ }* c2 P
; P$ P9 q P! LSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125+ p; Z% M& j' E8 [ y9 s
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SS I-31, hits 2+ }$ J" E" b) M0 r
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Allied Ships0 ]+ S/ |( l- I1 M1 P6 @
DD Worden
4 ?. k7 w7 m# A& [6 N DD Dale
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9 A" D' e4 u3 Z' W F& dSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125; a+ I- `& y6 o) T* u/ X9 i# D
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
, M. N/ d6 `/ h' h+ d% T DD Downes
/ r# d5 A+ }1 H- I DD Smith
P8 l* D/ U R; x; b DD Rotherham; p8 ?7 Z' b$ W. F, u
DD Roebuck
' h& C. B( p- t0 q- w5 m DD Relentless
8 f5 q# J6 ^) }: z+ h0 y DD Redoubt {! D4 }" \- d8 R; X. b
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1252 X- f: W' F( Q. C' Q. n% v; |
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8 f+ `+ i# p- ]9 p SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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! | N% ^4 f! R0 ]2 u DD Racehorse
/ s9 ?! [( y" m0 w DD Quilliam
8 I" i8 ~. B: w5 w DD Smith
; e1 j7 @- k7 O DD Rotherham9 f, A, D* p! I" A
DD Roebuck' g, X* |3 t- U
DD Relentless
1 q+ _5 w( H% [, Q$ N7 s& R DD Redoubt
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125) u( x$ F4 S4 Y) I1 r7 D0 ?
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6 I% K0 v8 t; e) s: | SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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Allied Ships8 L+ e$ b! H" A& F% W
CA Canberra II
6 N+ Y2 ?! u0 E6 J0 I" Y" A* E9 W CA Exeter
: X6 P& }' g M0 ^! `8 j! Y3 b DD Thatcher
; {# H6 ~' x; m; T S DD David Taylor
Y- i9 f2 A' e0 C% P/ F- o$ x DD Strong
0 j/ ^3 E* O n DD Stembel$ f# A0 J$ k1 i% U/ K
DD Schroeder
8 E G. Q* |2 G" ^ DD John Rodgers
$ D1 R( _! a, A/ K& i; O DD Porterfield/ P& x6 ^/ T1 F# d% T
DD Picking( L, n% b7 B4 R) J1 M
DD Wadleigh& H) R' M3 U* U
DD Uhlmann
$ v, Z$ a& d$ j# w+ N DD Twining
j$ p1 u1 y0 J4 ? DD Trathen1 z* e4 ~$ {. _; E: N; ]9 |
! U3 E, R" I" D& {) ~Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125, e# p: o1 }& `5 H
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SS I-28, hits 109 r) t0 v2 f+ S/ A' `
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Allied Ships
: r2 D# o3 j4 @- g DD Racehorse
+ |7 S$ S2 k& c% V- X0 D) d$ G: c DD Downes
2 R. A" F8 f" b, Y( D0 ` DD Smith; _0 V* l8 `* m' x! ?2 C
DD Rotherham
" v b$ q. P0 t/ Z( G4 v DD Roebuck
0 ~) E" F0 v* N DD Relentless
% q. g2 p; C; V( j& @4 j( x& u DD Rapid
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125+ f4 d' G2 |1 v4 ]
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SS I-43, hits 9
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage% i: [. U4 L4 U
DD Hopewell |