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。
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Japanese Ships
- ~9 P2 U @* K6 W; m2 k- q SS I-37, hits 8
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SS I-30, hits 1
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Allied Ships
2 C$ W& ^' S* J6 L5 |0 H4 ` DD Ingersoll1 o1 s+ i6 w: w+ W2 e+ X
DD Isherwood' q0 z) y" G: F4 S! [; j' W
6 X4 y8 _) @7 g3 v9 ?7 _Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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7 e& H X. B4 m+ J( |3 u& I! i SS I-11, hits 16, d. H9 M+ N5 E5 o* E8 J
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Allied Ships2 _- p) V) z3 o% D. J0 m( f
DE Fleming& V# I E' c& I. L
DE Emery3 I. @* G! x2 X. Z3 F
DE Gilmore
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125, F" p2 b( |% e) M/ v8 f( x
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Japanese Ships
- V# L! v, f" S4 O SS I-28, hits 4$ {7 Y2 B" J6 Y) Q# g
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DD Ingersoll7 N3 D+ `, `0 M1 R) [
DD Isherwood& O: t7 @' J+ z M
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125) P# O1 c! e. h
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Japanese Ships
+ I2 ^1 w) f5 \7 S5 f, M SS I-41, hits 12
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$ Q" |/ b' F5 O/ v3 W) [% u DD Quadrant
7 G: u1 X3 [0 g/ B DD Quality$ T) X1 |# g7 S; ]. @" g4 k
* `' z7 z) t q. E( l1 e0 Q* ]ASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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; N3 q" q) J L8 ~ SS I-6, hits 17
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6 z8 l' ~2 i( G DE Engstrom
$ [, {4 j+ N0 q' p7 I ]4 x DE Emery) K) R. a# @4 n3 l6 X, `4 S( U$ s
DE Gilmore
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( ^8 ]& y; F* q/ N" I; f, mSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1255 w, P f' M u0 o# u; d
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Japanese Ships
; O2 }9 x: M0 E1 e; ~& O7 y SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Worden
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' [* `8 Z) x, L+ |8 _4 @Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125$ R9 }& ]* e% K4 r- n0 m+ B
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$ \4 S( T1 J. e8 g }, N SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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/ w% c8 a1 k3 _ G- z% w" k0 S8 | DD Downes! R9 j" ?8 v8 P- y" g' p" C
DD Smith# V0 k- S5 x4 g0 F7 p( v
DD Rotherham
/ b$ R3 g; t& d1 C! S3 T DD Roebuck) F5 J* U, F# Y0 l0 Y% R+ D
DD Relentless
- \8 T4 J3 A5 g4 P DD Redoubt# z$ R6 C: h6 l4 p
6 |- m- g# p" XSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1255 _* u8 L3 ~# u% g; H7 |. a5 u: ?8 h
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
- I7 e. h& g$ L DD Racehorse
- N9 {/ D: r7 ]% Q: G DD Quilliam
* _* k: E) w& _! f DD Smith9 j1 i) A% d$ D3 R
DD Rotherham
5 x* ~/ u( S: r/ @' Q1 y/ v DD Roebuck R7 V/ T9 [0 o" z
DD Relentless! }2 W) \+ b% t7 E- s/ F5 I
DD Redoubt& E: ]" Z, |( Z0 X: _& {( ~4 h
% B9 Y( g( \7 Z$ [Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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CA Exeter/ P. X$ e4 z" O% Q0 K
DD Thatcher
3 x6 w! L. r: [: Z( C1 p/ G DD David Taylor
( W. z8 x) v0 U' j2 ~2 O+ X DD Strong1 F! Z+ v- @% ?- [( p
DD Stembel+ f! g* |- E n, n% ^
DD Schroeder# u) \0 O; ~! l2 t4 j& e
DD John Rodgers+ X) j! |% V, e% S
DD Porterfield, }8 U: b: ?) f* b7 V
DD Picking. H- l& e1 L6 s: Q7 K
DD Wadleigh
2 f s5 U% _1 a! W2 t) y0 s DD Uhlmann2 s5 K1 a; P" ^ E( n$ s1 N N8 x
DD Twining4 e% _( S6 O+ x
DD Trathen
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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, J) F8 L- R+ F7 Y1 F" u4 s SS I-28, hits 108 J& d2 T, I. ]. M& y, o" l
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DD Racehorse! N& w1 i7 \, @4 Z% R
DD Downes
; M- J, m1 c- p: l8 A* V DD Smith
/ X; |6 Q5 l# ~9 c( Q DD Rotherham. A0 F$ `+ _* {+ U/ M9 \
DD Roebuck
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DD Rapid5 ]4 W: Z0 A' j: Z+ d
/ ~- J& z k, XSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-43, hits 9' a) G) N' `: G) \
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Allied Ships
- K0 D/ {& ]) ]) P3 } DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage$ r* s: D. w- N% x0 g$ R: F
DD Hopewell |