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。* D$ h4 \, D! n Y$ `! c* B
r1 c- s! }$ k: V+ P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。; o- `* w7 U4 T( L
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,1256 I, A( h: r7 y, ]' h
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) f# Z. O$ q, ~7 j2 Y SS I-37, hits 83 w* S7 Y2 C6 o& h* T2 b# r
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Allied Ships5 l9 \- d0 l/ v3 p# h. ?6 A
DD Quadrant. Z- ?9 c/ A# _
DD Quality- H" c+ C; h M, j
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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3 ? l& v: x& \- N8 a SS I-30, hits 10 y) D* ^* ?% l. h" d$ m
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DD Ingersoll
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0 n" `7 q* ]9 KSub attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-11, hits 16
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r2 b( f' X' z# o2 a5 U DE Fleming
; d P. C% L: j- t, B DE Emery
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125/ t9 p q9 U) P8 i6 K5 ~
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SS I-28, hits 4- j; ^9 F1 q; i6 f+ s
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9 f; g6 q( M5 p! I' _) J DD Ingersoll3 U5 o/ t5 Z/ L& m I/ R
DD Isherwood
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& { f* o3 U3 |8 x' K, x( bSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,1250 J: D4 |( ~( b# O
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* b0 w z* M2 D SS I-41, hits 12* c5 g8 y+ R% U. Y3 i5 c& d& l
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DD Quadrant
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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% S$ g7 ^7 \' D ^* t SS I-6, hits 179 E" C" s. N& l3 w# d: k
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' I* q* ~& l2 G' \" c DE Engstrom- }; W6 m& l3 Z' g3 g0 g# c9 t# d
DE Emery4 Y& j9 x+ g( {( h% r
DE Gilmore
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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/ i! w0 n& h. Z3 K! g; O$ R SS I-31, hits 2
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Allied Ships
7 [ u" S; [, y DD Worden
0 L: y9 j6 g. _$ g* G: J8 C6 z DD Dale
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h W9 }% E( }- G' f# RSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1255 g3 x5 F- ]# W6 Z
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes# x; Z" m$ g: D8 w5 b0 d) L
DD Smith( b5 @/ ~4 f& X9 m/ N* t
DD Rotherham
( }4 J5 U! D' I DD Roebuck
F5 e) I8 q, \& |, E DD Relentless
; ?& o) p: c+ }& U9 b6 n8 v& _ DD Redoubt
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1254 H$ k6 Q$ h" m5 y3 C( g5 ~. \2 F( x
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) `$ U, m% ]3 V- @3 E& { SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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& s/ E: S. j2 l/ z6 c DD Racehorse
7 q+ s$ F/ O0 h DD Quilliam
2 h* T$ j2 O0 ^ DD Smith
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DD Relentless, \7 v4 a% B3 r" h4 T* l
DD Redoubt
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk w3 c+ A9 R' I: `5 ]! j" h
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CA Exeter+ r% @* [; c+ V2 s* D/ I
DD Thatcher
3 X+ L+ [7 V# [, U- }, B, E: p DD David Taylor& {' ^$ t6 `$ B/ A; [% `' J3 \
DD Strong
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DD Schroeder
' W; Y5 j; U/ |- i/ p3 q DD John Rodgers
3 Y2 [" M( b8 ^ DD Porterfield
( d( p9 ?6 Q$ R) w u DD Picking# i7 C% n( Y. {4 U: t: T0 y# w; K
DD Wadleigh
; Y v8 k. v5 C5 w DD Uhlmann
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DD Trathen6 T% Z( [& X8 K% c& D+ D) k; F
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. w+ _ e/ q: q1 k* x; g; i SS I-28, hits 10
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, {& z, |( g9 f7 k; H DD Racehorse
* Y5 ~+ s7 d1 f' V- h* q# `- L DD Downes
0 a5 N' m: ?4 S4 M! z; X ` DD Smith
! a9 v: L/ p1 n `0 V5 v: x DD Rotherham
* ]5 R4 n8 u+ m! u, g9 \' ] DD Roebuck
* v+ J6 V! R- h7 [8 w6 G0 O DD Relentless
% N' ?4 } k3 O- ^ DD Rapid' k- ^3 U8 Q/ J5 Q( R
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SS I-43, hits 9! U$ I: r& o. K- Q$ {: z
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DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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