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。% w W3 _. m& U' _& X+ m
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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7 k" d6 v0 @, ~, z SS I-37, hits 88 Y* m( Z& ?+ B' w
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DD Quality
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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# _ W4 R# O( p8 J! I4 e7 E8 p SS I-30, hits 1; p9 \& G4 `- L5 C- L" a! Y
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DD Ingersoll% M k4 K/ g7 S; I7 H* R, x
DD Isherwood5 @' Z6 i9 e# u' e4 U; g8 [. P q' h+ Q
. G3 m& b2 O1 rSub attack near Broome at 62,125, J- |$ g5 p* L% w5 S
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( F/ O- q( b& ^/ z SS I-11, hits 16
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1 [- o |$ q% D% H+ O7 }0 f* m DE Fleming
, B5 C" w5 [# ]; o# b DE Emery2 H3 |& W0 k e3 ^% Y/ \
DE Gilmore1 Q3 j, {. o3 U. T
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125( v2 c1 b/ d$ F4 ?
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: @, {' q2 f; F, d0 o' e SS I-28, hits 4$ Y" i" D2 s5 s6 H' a9 o0 r. w$ a
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DD Ingersoll
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! Y6 U! R1 [& Y( L' L4 n( _Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125+ m' U- B( H& Z& n
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SS I-41, hits 12
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DD Quality0 K1 k$ \' H, A; {' b* ?. c
9 O: d' J4 }4 s; o1 Q" N% y" Z" e) MASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-6, hits 178 z3 L6 ~ _# J {" u# b
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DE Engstrom
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3 C7 x# ]; z! E DE Gilmore
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2 d+ E8 P8 Y9 E3 b G SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Worden' N% {& L4 ^: \ b4 h1 h: z# T
DD Dale
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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/ g9 K8 o8 V4 ^2 X k! v. ^" G DD Downes5 A2 n$ I# j% K# z: R
DD Smith' T; m7 C& ]9 t) i9 E
DD Rotherham/ C$ L/ N4 U I( W1 M1 d
DD Roebuck
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DD Redoubt- U. T5 I& H! n! W) Z, e! l: A
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk8 G9 G8 Q% `- {3 ~5 Y8 g1 r3 h/ W7 @# l
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Allied Ships
3 }- B$ q1 j2 ]- s, r5 j DD Racehorse
1 s- J2 ^& D1 o3 L8 r! f- a DD Quilliam
5 V, |2 q4 T& W$ C& P" V% `+ p DD Smith
0 H: ^+ t' R; N% i2 Z) J! _ DD Rotherham
0 ?. |9 I. c3 G1 k' I) I" u% e DD Roebuck# {/ r: A4 [, u' K7 I t
DD Relentless
P2 e- _- M+ t/ R1 m5 z+ u DD Redoubt
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3 H3 T( n1 q; n p SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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CA Canberra II$ J* u, O. B* |# o, O C
CA Exeter& o, D! T: x) \3 h) C% x
DD Thatcher9 }5 G9 z, w" e5 |
DD David Taylor
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DD Stembel: b9 v& ?% z5 J, q) Q
DD Schroeder
3 }$ k+ o8 O+ X+ M9 ]# H5 I DD John Rodgers
7 N5 G* |0 l2 q3 y0 ?0 t" H' e DD Porterfield- q+ D0 I( z2 x: \6 b$ ]3 b& u8 W) R6 P
DD Picking
3 ^+ p& c& E3 @ |- E DD Wadleigh
* ~0 H$ U" x( T6 ^2 K8 x DD Uhlmann
7 w7 @4 O. y2 g3 j- @* @ ~ DD Twining
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1 Y7 n% E* V# B4 r# S& K% M SS I-28, hits 103 E+ Y8 ?' o9 J' G
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1 s K( Y6 s ?$ @ DD Racehorse
: \4 K+ J+ U+ @9 P DD Downes( _$ O, Z/ W( M6 h7 e; [
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DD Rotherham
2 Q" v7 A3 }, u6 v DD Roebuck
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DD Rapid1 q9 k9 t8 X% s
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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