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。 S! p1 g w0 R5 b! o% n1 _
& j/ ]# x4 p" q' s! Y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。# e# |1 P' o. I; {0 t
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,1258 \ P7 k& Q) U% G5 B
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Japanese Ships
1 N( i9 c$ Y9 T8 n: f4 t SS I-37, hits 8
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Allied Ships2 l& Q/ q R) ?6 f3 x3 r4 u0 l G
DD Quadrant
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SS I-30, hits 1' u% h: s- G& c7 m
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Allied Ships0 c2 I, y8 p4 u: w2 p3 x
DD Ingersoll
5 X9 I5 j* C( ~8 W8 i+ \, L DD Isherwood
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6 Q4 }( p# \" f: kSub attack near Broome at 62,125$ w- Z7 S7 Y. y$ \
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M8 A8 v3 ]- k( {- K' h& r SS I-11, hits 164 |' K& e! V8 |" A' ~) K
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DE Fleming& n9 S( x. ]( A- v8 u& z
DE Emery8 U3 T s1 Z7 a
DE Gilmore
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& v4 X% u. q8 AASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 4, B2 V" Y) ^1 r' w2 v
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DD Ingersoll
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" h2 ^8 i1 @; F% QSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125, S6 Q X. h: ?* M2 x h
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SS I-41, hits 12
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DD Quadrant% W( ` `5 G! m4 I, p4 h3 S2 M2 R
DD Quality6 U; P6 G4 u2 i1 s$ B
' I! G {" P$ U. D3 d |ASW attack near Broome at 62,1257 ~5 m8 \" N+ K% O u
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SS I-6, hits 17
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DE Engstrom
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2 `7 ` q* f4 q5 Q+ Z( q, W. k: m DE Gilmore
" Q7 m5 `' T' P7 R DE Fleming
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SS I-31, hits 2 k' {6 {( D2 W( N" F) n) t
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DD Worden' |& e! O. _# X& a5 u
DD Dale
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk9 _4 `: G2 Y0 h! c! X* ~$ }
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DD Smith
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. i6 u7 c& |- W+ ^ DD Roebuck
# Z& s$ b% C- K$ W0 p% t DD Relentless
( L d* f$ q3 V/ s7 ^: U DD Redoubt
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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& n9 k) u l% c SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk ~" w6 a% f, E9 C2 c+ a1 R- E
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1 T! @) \% W" q- Q1 N7 c" s DD Racehorse
4 N4 s+ r* t: I6 g V; d DD Quilliam) P) o J1 u& X' f' @. J" Q) d' q
DD Smith# P; M C3 x( [2 }/ z0 [: ^/ X5 x/ T+ K
DD Rotherham! T& @5 X2 D' L* f: n
DD Roebuck. `7 b L6 C8 ~
DD Relentless
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% R1 ^; S' O! p: _ SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk9 {8 v; i4 p* Q; K. ]( y4 a
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CA Exeter
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DD David Taylor
5 f0 B" d+ t" p/ R* v! A9 G DD Strong' B- b9 L$ q& b& h+ _
DD Stembel' Y n- x6 v2 g# S4 e# e
DD Schroeder) \4 l N7 z) V) I; Q
DD John Rodgers
) C3 F' I) @5 }2 a& s6 y4 l DD Porterfield
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DD Wadleigh
8 ~ \5 u [0 l/ l& c DD Uhlmann/ P* d( Z! Y, [4 }3 m' r
DD Twining
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 10
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DD Downes
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DD Relentless
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SS I-43, hits 91 g$ a2 y% S9 F' U" } \
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage: X% ~# i% E& q! x
DD Hopewell |