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。0 r* w' c6 D8 ?9 s& z
$ f. X, H) {* _4 E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。" c" I) O+ N- o! P9 @% p" _3 Y
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125/ ^- V3 d$ w' ?, |1 {+ O
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$ i6 \" f8 N7 P SS I-37, hits 83 \8 d5 n0 p( Q4 O6 P& f- {
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DD Quadrant+ P' g" E% g( ]' P& k/ u; H% E
DD Quality) E1 J+ k; G3 ~* a- w* Y
" }, \8 |% h# d; \ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125 O, ~) J c" c( J) O3 [
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SS I-30, hits 1
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6 C- p* ]8 f- Y# h DD Ingersoll) L Z5 @; h, `8 d& c$ ]
DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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! v7 g: }- ^6 f; U9 {% \- T SS I-11, hits 16, U, t( n! G8 j# e( c. F) B
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# L0 }+ c( Q7 n! ^9 B DE Fleming
6 P! A3 {+ L) m) J DE Emery
; i( K9 E4 h$ Y$ Q DE Gilmore
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125+ i3 P9 ]2 F m
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SS I-28, hits 4
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DD Ingersoll! R- |! V( n6 D4 d3 t/ n7 d
DD Isherwood p7 i2 m9 ]: L# w% B+ u( P
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: o9 Q+ ^8 V/ H/ |* [% g SS I-41, hits 127 x2 g/ A ?( R# l; U- J0 H
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, p, X' V8 w8 i( U. ]4 A3 h DD Quadrant
+ `1 K8 P* g. l r DD Quality/ s; Q# [3 @- b2 E$ j' \; R
% o& B! e: W. @ASW attack near Broome at 62,1254 ~( b6 l% z) t5 H& C& B# I; D
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SS I-6, hits 17
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DE Engstrom
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DE Gilmore# S+ g8 E/ O h1 R1 B$ I- B9 @" a
DE Fleming
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-31, hits 2. i- O b- K' Q6 X! O* J
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3 n6 b; Z. ~% y' a4 P$ H$ R; R DD Worden; E t& D! X L
DD Dale' ~& a7 U3 M' J) e. p1 R# Q
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1255 P7 u0 q, _: v( o
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk3 ^, t0 @* s( a5 K, F
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DD Downes# k* _5 D( C3 i2 Z8 c. b
DD Smith
6 Q" ~+ L: g* D9 p- s, U DD Rotherham' h! B+ ~; t2 h* |
DD Roebuck
, v4 t7 h9 u3 Z9 r( k! a DD Relentless' ^2 H8 V& G0 I4 N4 [6 Q$ G4 i" E
DD Redoubt
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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, e+ P7 {9 ^0 d9 t+ ~! I( ~% D SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk. d/ S; `) t+ |* N
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% n! v# K, v/ n9 S6 P! ?6 R5 k DD Racehorse! s# o0 c( @. |* E, r& T( J: E
DD Quilliam8 [# S, C9 \0 C4 }' y8 h4 Z
DD Smith
" i3 v- F0 Z+ {) r& H/ f& Z, C( Y DD Rotherham
& u# ?' X( t4 j$ I" C" ^ DD Roebuck
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DD Redoubt
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8 y9 y( k% ]$ P" g9 |$ ]+ w6 h& r SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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% r0 L4 g4 K' k# N k CA Canberra II( }$ H4 a0 D' {4 Z, N. M
CA Exeter
1 E% [# N# Q- w2 g& W4 B DD Thatcher1 n! }, b7 ^, B* w/ o8 T
DD David Taylor
, V% \9 \$ }1 [6 g$ c7 P DD Strong4 z4 t: A6 }( U y3 l
DD Stembel; g" w, V F6 e' Q* v
DD Schroeder
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DD Porterfield: o' x3 V3 ^4 t. |
DD Picking% f" m. R* C s9 \
DD Wadleigh1 W, W4 _# I+ _# \& l
DD Uhlmann9 h8 g9 G" p7 j
DD Twining2 L% T: `& V, ]% l
DD Trathen3 J1 \6 d6 i+ U: b
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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& |1 P8 i& N ^- K5 Y) D3 q SS I-28, hits 10& |6 f2 c* o! {) l) R! x. E% n' @
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8 C0 b/ d; T9 r DD Racehorse
) O% s, c2 y/ {* g$ O3 G9 W4 ` DD Downes
- S8 ~' {; g, {. D$ A2 r DD Smith' P9 F8 |) ^+ d5 p2 g( x
DD Rotherham
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+ B* ~+ q0 A! e7 s$ G DD Relentless
3 M! V& ^: \$ P' ^: H DD Rapid
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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+ E, n# r" A2 W3 n/ O SS I-43, hits 9$ P5 g, }/ F: l% Q. l4 b3 z
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: g" L Q/ A& w2 L* ~ DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
3 I* g2 z* G) @ [: t( K! S DD Hopewell |