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。# `5 a9 n2 ]/ z
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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。
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. \" }% G: V# m SS I-37, hits 8" D8 Y( u# p" Y V3 S
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DD Quadrant9 @8 U- b' r# x
DD Quality' R0 x9 t- @# x. [' }
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6 e+ V4 b# Y4 }0 Q) X/ ~* F% N SS I-30, hits 1
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Allied Ships
5 D6 \5 K W) o DD Ingersoll
, n0 W/ G' Q2 L* A l) [ DD Isherwood( }) e4 P. p: f
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125( I' ?! Z# e) d( Z- f- o$ {
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, R( ^5 O H( b+ @6 ?. T5 U SS I-11, hits 16- E @: t' A+ l5 U6 f( C% z* T
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Allied Ships7 x) [* R' m% j
DE Fleming$ l( i; k6 ]# S# B4 C' F! p
DE Emery* s0 G2 V# _; D, n& C# A$ w
DE Gilmore% V" M) ]3 k: `9 I" P! D; T
c& P$ {$ A1 z+ C$ c+ qASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125- O# ^ r$ Y# F5 {" R& u2 b8 {, Q
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SS I-28, hits 4
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Allied Ships
" C( B7 n/ Y- i$ A/ `; l8 [ DD Ingersoll2 A+ m( {( A) P( F+ x
DD Isherwood
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SS I-41, hits 12
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DD Quadrant8 d: x6 ^/ [/ q
DD Quality
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" p. B% e% }' ~- V SS I-6, hits 17# ~! ^$ C6 b" v% ~% P
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DE Engstrom5 A5 ^) ?: T4 s% G( s: [6 T8 m
DE Emery+ D. B) F' ?0 ]! U1 h( \( e
DE Gilmore/ R: N6 j; x# O: U: ?' C1 V% r* w
DE Fleming
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SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Dale
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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* R9 P! b. S! Z0 [2 T7 n: ` SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
i; [; u3 k1 {2 r* g* M$ m8 ^ DD Downes7 h9 t) k6 Q" |. S" c/ v8 ]2 E6 R
DD Smith: `& p$ i* |) |. o( G* B
DD Rotherham
8 c% p2 l% G \8 E/ _ DD Roebuck
: K/ O$ F4 r0 F% b t DD Relentless
6 }5 M q$ f2 b9 U; T' l0 @ DD Redoubt
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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3 H/ K0 P% O" J SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
9 m, s& Y0 h" Y* A2 O6 f7 d$ a4 Z DD Racehorse
: Z. y+ V3 |5 q* x) E; p* @ DD Quilliam
# K+ P. T) G, F% K" @2 _9 Y5 r! }% A DD Smith
* e& J+ V: M0 Q; i DD Rotherham
# p& }0 {" k0 |& |; K) \" o DD Roebuck* {& Y" q4 T) [! l) v }9 Y
DD Relentless: n( @6 q! m! S, \
DD Redoubt. l8 d7 [6 I! t) [0 }' L% r3 A1 M
8 \( _1 L' z6 G' }) [# B% ]Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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, A0 E8 @0 B( t% w& S2 y+ F7 p SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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Allied Ships9 I+ O" d( ~) f. n& `$ Z6 i3 x
CA Canberra II
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DD Thatcher; F# Q* }# D$ T7 G, f
DD David Taylor( a z$ J0 v( e3 |9 Q5 a8 V1 L
DD Strong0 Q/ Z8 L/ @( X2 c F1 F
DD Stembel9 P8 a& b" U$ J; u( X' h
DD Schroeder* ]+ @4 _+ l/ r, m$ R% [. i
DD John Rodgers
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DD Picking
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DD Uhlmann+ T+ {/ {7 I8 N9 P1 |
DD Twining
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0 m0 v6 `% B, i, u6 j/ E8 W6 w0 Z- O SS I-28, hits 106 I5 V& d2 h" k6 w$ w
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5 K* x8 {( r8 K DD Racehorse
0 J. {. b* i H3 P0 q1 T DD Downes
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DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless
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SS I-43, hits 9
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% d4 q1 \, q8 j- e DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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