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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& q+ k; p+ k% @7 m+ h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 s- X; j. p( S% v
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,1258 l9 d {( q1 f: R/ E, h2 y
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Japanese Ships
. k- Y/ K& ]7 h3 t: o' E SS I-37, hits 8
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DD Quality) N" q; K: S, ]
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 14 j& H5 D6 d7 k* A; n! \
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DD Ingersoll
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7 `& {! B) T9 h5 C6 TSub attack near Broome at 62,125 s: Y( X7 L' U' j. n% e1 i
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SS I-11, hits 16/ D0 h" Q* @& ^1 S8 ?
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" d' A5 \: \ v0 b6 t DE Fleming
4 n3 p0 }& ~' u% Y5 S7 r DE Emery
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 4# Y7 m5 o% O; C% |$ ~
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DD Isherwood
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" c; h% j C7 R( _; { SS I-41, hits 12% b4 ?7 R' s9 Y( i- V
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DD Quadrant
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+ u' D7 H- J f5 i' @6 W/ M5 w* _ASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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$ X) |8 M+ a& M8 t SS I-6, hits 17
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DE Engstrom
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DE Gilmore
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2 Z0 G6 e: \0 @* o5 @ SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Dale
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6 A8 ~8 U# z$ @/ o" aSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1255 m. j7 |7 z2 ^$ ?
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes
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DD Rotherham
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DD Redoubt
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Smith
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DD Redoubt
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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
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DD David Taylor: E( y) s0 i% ? @7 t! X" a
DD Strong
2 K" O6 |- }4 a7 |3 Q DD Stembel
6 o4 L+ H9 A* I- H* `8 I4 S DD Schroeder
# p! J1 M* X- G+ N! W' C DD John Rodgers
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DD Picking
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SS I-28, hits 10
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DD Racehorse
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DD Rotherham
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2 G3 G* O' m- H0 R* [/ W DD Relentless
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SS I-43, hits 9
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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