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- ` b0 I) w
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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。
1 \" b, J, J5 z0 tASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-37, hits 82 t% m# i* {/ H" b' \ F
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P6 g; o/ B1 `1 f1 p DD Quadrant
9 x1 r @- r# N) J0 G) ` DD Quality! E: y; W6 v: A- G# l: H! U
4 L/ c7 S; x J/ T+ R) i& NASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 17 r( \% N9 b' y# O: H
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DD Ingersoll. B( L2 b4 p) ^( @
DD Isherwood2 V/ w4 T5 z( D
6 X% n! {0 O; Y* C! X& {Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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, i& p# Z. J- A1 z% [$ r6 y SS I-11, hits 16
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DE Fleming# E0 e8 }9 d9 G) I( R
DE Emery
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% V" ]4 l+ Y# [. \1 yASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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4 X" V$ E* t3 k SS I-28, hits 4
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DD Ingersoll
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$ {" @; o W, V j4 \# y, W5 XSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125 ~3 P, L/ j+ [+ N/ }
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SS I-41, hits 123 I' J1 G% V' a9 ^
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9 T. H' ~, x& T+ ]1 z DD Quadrant- Y2 q1 @( c; D8 D' l9 U
DD Quality w/ y/ f w$ I# [' ~
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125. p8 u9 d( m' }, Z
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. N J' F* }4 C* ?- _& L: m SS I-6, hits 172 y8 u* G) h* K3 f
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DE Engstrom: N+ _, o( d5 c
DE Emery$ `! _- c% f& _- B3 z" x- h
DE Gilmore) l2 |6 M1 g$ Y$ r4 u: v
DE Fleming
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DD Worden
4 W4 {0 T6 I' f1 t2 C' k DD Dale
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& ~- V8 t5 O7 U, t G/ uSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125+ Z7 v, `- b8 n' _ ]& ?
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes
% T# X! f) o0 D7 j) t DD Smith
1 k. N8 [5 E' u# w5 h DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless
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4 K Z( n: {" y) A% k% G5 ^Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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7 D: S9 D ?4 l: a0 s+ @5 g DD Racehorse" x, {6 \: \' X! |* J* v
DD Quilliam0 L. L: H9 B5 R9 U
DD Smith
% c6 k* y t- S& l% V0 d. C DD Rotherham
5 c. y# F; U) p9 ] DD Roebuck7 v5 k/ ~+ A* e* A5 X& W
DD Relentless0 c7 S$ I; Q, i% C3 Q7 h# P
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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7 Y8 ^, n! n# Q' G8 j CA Exeter
& V, M; y1 U |5 m DD Thatcher
# l8 X. B0 B2 L0 m! m DD David Taylor
3 M& h5 u/ j& z: } DD Strong! D+ F& K* @, o- a& E6 E5 k
DD Stembel0 Q$ K. E1 B6 ^$ s4 C/ G" D
DD Schroeder
2 j1 u/ V+ S% M2 m, `8 I DD John Rodgers
8 Z& G' B E% B, N: _ DD Porterfield
" U1 {, m, W$ A4 n. j8 ?: t% ` DD Picking* H' L" r( ], z3 l& X! n
DD Wadleigh
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DD Twining
6 V8 A# T4 \0 I( R DD Trathen
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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 Racehorse: \& I1 V9 K% F) q6 ?6 Z/ s
DD Downes
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DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless* Q* M5 K1 s' C* ^
DD Rapid! L, s& I1 o3 H( Z% t1 Q9 @" _
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SS I-43, hits 9
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage8 x. `* g r' y5 U0 y
DD Hopewell |