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。
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, @3 h$ f F( z2 W, [8 ] SS I-37, hits 8* ]) E+ i: c+ r% {- G# y: R3 ^
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DD Quadrant
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 1
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Allied Ships
' T9 p4 ]8 |4 u( @ DD Ingersoll- z( R' B4 o m" f, L, O* Z7 g
DD Isherwood% s; [4 t9 O1 E8 x! R# j- }! R0 b- \
% H `6 e9 k# N- |1 XSub attack near Broome at 62,1250 a, o2 I2 i. K: C1 h ^* C
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7 @$ j5 I1 Y& O. I8 t& r SS I-11, hits 16: I- h# g ]5 _3 e6 g; ?. m2 h& O
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. g; i; A( c! J4 ?, T DE Fleming f; U& h' D, z; p7 _/ ]* V5 h
DE Emery l& z) F6 Q4 p0 Y3 V! }* D
DE Gilmore
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1253 K. |( A4 o. x
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0 ~' \( X& _4 t- i" l0 v SS I-28, hits 4" |; L. A- J* K+ S+ d0 n9 \
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DD Ingersoll6 V$ e7 t8 W# x, @$ L2 q0 N
DD Isherwood
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SS I-41, hits 12$ V& x9 `& d2 \
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DD Quadrant
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-6, hits 17
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. ]% O6 F# ^1 T DE Engstrom
" G, Z" r, S# p+ j' c6 d9 c DE Emery* L: Y0 x) d* |$ K7 O6 [% W
DE Gilmore
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SS I-31, hits 27 _9 w- c z, N$ F3 U, i; G
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# h1 A) a4 F8 G. j7 T% u. Y DD Worden
! n1 s8 Z$ k6 _3 U2 u9 H% p& d DD Dale- f0 N% f" I9 a
1 Z, m2 Q, V! W" s- n' E: DSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125# E, ?+ Y. F8 m9 H! p9 K
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk( `6 d2 p% z8 {0 l! a* i
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Allied Ships
. w- p* q. f# d! k) G' l X DD Downes
7 s4 }9 k7 s T' m; M% \ s& {' M$ p( B DD Smith
/ H, \% L" ^1 {( D! F DD Rotherham
7 @$ }, j6 p% D, L- q DD Roebuck
: m7 J7 ?0 \7 U; z. K: T DD Relentless
6 T, ^- J" P& x. H' k. _) H( b- s DD Redoubt
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+ Y/ V( W2 v2 {0 C1 V) rSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1257 Q# @' }1 X1 I8 g. u D0 ` D0 E
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Racehorse, H+ D/ Y* F, g# G4 l% ?6 E3 d
DD Quilliam
) h/ J0 Q- P* J8 M+ F2 F DD Smith: s6 c$ j$ s5 _, f7 Q3 ~0 I
DD Rotherham9 c7 `) p, x8 s0 F' K
DD Roebuck
: {5 q' t. Z9 i2 G) R: }: O8 J DD Relentless
4 S! t2 A" W3 p1 o' S DD Redoubt
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5 ~, ^% ?/ \7 n$ \Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1254 C; _2 z' k/ \4 G
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! x- b) t; I& ?+ w9 o SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk; O8 o7 T5 x; b1 V
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CA Canberra II1 }& V; C5 s) U) D; {& Q, C
CA Exeter
' X& y% q; }' }$ v( { DD Thatcher
2 G" k+ l5 c) p: z$ m* ` DD David Taylor
7 u6 c+ k: c c# `* p DD Strong
b/ [8 o- s8 M, \6 L! L DD Stembel1 S; m. o! A b- s9 Y. g
DD Schroeder
: }* G$ A6 M% n4 i DD John Rodgers
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DD Picking5 H2 b' l% |( f2 S
DD Wadleigh" R3 B Z ]% L9 y
DD Uhlmann- r5 U" M/ V$ U2 v1 c6 l
DD Twining9 c. T x) d2 e* y: U
DD Trathen
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SS I-28, hits 10/ V2 n# M L" F7 |# L8 }
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DD Racehorse& w1 V' |: V& H- @1 @
DD Downes6 v0 ], T( f5 M' l# x ?4 z/ c
DD Smith
8 g( B% K% x; e* h DD Rotherham
. D( n% c2 n1 T2 p/ C DD Roebuck
6 w, X# g6 K9 a5 ~ DD Relentless6 v& |' H1 Z0 j. _4 u6 k/ c- h
DD Rapid
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SS I-43, hits 9/ [- i( m+ p- T! q# B7 D
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Allied Ships
) r* `+ y: T) }2 o DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage7 t& l& E6 |3 }2 N7 |
DD Hopewell |