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' Y( s$ \4 I2 [7 _; R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。7 s5 L! {: F5 u; {
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-37, hits 84 [& b o! |7 E( s
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Allied Ships
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DD Quality
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1250 S+ [/ E% E0 _+ a: v2 k, X
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+ _ [. Z; ]2 l# q SS I-30, hits 1
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DD Ingersoll
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125+ ]5 q7 p) F t9 G7 p3 }0 h" l
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SS I-11, hits 16
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Allied Ships
+ K5 n7 q. W6 T+ C9 M% t2 Z DE Fleming/ G& h) H& d3 @* t( ^
DE Emery4 e' Q0 {' K( w; b2 D; F* y
DE Gilmore
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4 k) }$ j4 I b7 @+ z J- v5 gASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 4
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DD Ingersoll8 {" |# ~) z( s+ U, ~1 \* O
DD Isherwood
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8 g! c2 V/ ?8 y! FSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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# x8 D* X- L4 L2 W2 I SS I-41, hits 12- }0 p; p. ^6 f6 ]& n
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Allied Ships
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0 q _# ^ k; u$ a6 V+ ^% j, {) RASW attack near Broome at 62,125( c0 ]. h- @4 d8 P
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0 h3 O Z" y0 w. l8 ? SS I-6, hits 17
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DE Engstrom6 U: c5 h+ D( w% i
DE Emery7 C. Z- {& h) D) u- s% ?; g
DE Gilmore
9 V; a7 p' }$ i) v DE Fleming( g2 b' X) [$ v; ?7 t% f
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1259 y( p5 F- C* z c( m5 e
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: i' e9 ^" s6 \! f7 s SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Worden
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* n0 s1 p: w3 ^" {# nSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125, I4 h- g. e+ P. Z* a
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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8 q% ^! ]8 d, J0 G' Y { @ DD Downes
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DD Rotherham
7 b9 N; T0 \+ l DD Roebuck
7 z) U% s- Q8 j( W! s DD Relentless9 C6 J0 N f* V/ S" M
DD Redoubt
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( z* f/ r% M5 V' m SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Quilliam8 N1 k8 h9 h. g' X
DD Smith
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DD Roebuck
- d2 i r: E4 Z7 H DD Relentless: F6 D: {% k% E0 M" ~& v
DD Redoubt0 p6 O. {6 F7 F9 m: Z# q( q# l
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6 n3 P# D8 O1 f- p SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk' R7 }$ D+ }) o6 s. o! ^
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CA Exeter" Q1 z: p* j9 O* I3 t# ]6 f
DD Thatcher3 N I# B r/ V% @. i8 }# H! j7 X
DD David Taylor
h, I: I9 t, h DD Strong, `9 @+ M V% }0 k& z, E! Y9 p4 u' Q
DD Stembel% z7 T, c9 W& e$ g$ e
DD Schroeder
" u# f* _: ?: d$ a5 i, k DD John Rodgers
( J A' T1 L3 f DD Porterfield
1 n1 ^2 @* Z* K# | DD Picking: E1 C# J! G: B3 S" C6 E
DD Wadleigh$ ~/ N0 ] W7 F
DD Uhlmann
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8 g0 S1 d( g' i" w6 C DD Trathen' e/ l+ S% _. a& |/ I7 L% E4 V
7 Q+ n) ]) C$ g# e4 PSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1258 l$ J1 A9 E& x' V, j) u p2 _+ D
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SS I-28, hits 10
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! g6 ]5 m4 W4 }. ] DD Racehorse
. R' O- C }8 s; w0 k) m2 Q DD Downes
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3 i5 M9 s+ m. Z9 s! K DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless# }4 y& ^ k& ?9 k: Y
DD Rapid
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6 C% j3 D1 r2 Q" D3 j SS I-43, hits 9
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DD Hopewell |