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。! J+ q0 X" J9 r
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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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Japanese Ships, @+ ^- o' |3 o* s' g, w
SS I-37, hits 8) c* z& @! T3 S7 C8 d
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Allied Ships5 q2 x$ W1 J U
DD Quadrant
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6 |; I4 y4 W4 z+ } HASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1251 J& B& ]8 E# b9 h% {: v$ m5 Q }0 o
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SS I-30, hits 1
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/ M/ s& Y. J( l# Y5 D7 Q DD Ingersoll5 q5 C2 ]0 r1 X4 a9 v' }
DD Isherwood. e! D$ D1 g4 A! a! A5 F
/ B$ {4 k! F' C( V5 B- {+ p9 eSub attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-11, hits 16
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2 g) m- S* j. E: N5 b* R8 D DE Fleming4 }6 S2 @. G1 S5 ?
DE Emery
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5 c. |$ [( n/ R& n& }! q- }ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125! s# Q) X3 w$ Z& E
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SS I-28, hits 4
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DD Ingersoll$ ~! x$ L' N& r# r+ ~
DD Isherwood o5 M `5 n2 _" O4 t
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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Japanese Ships0 j: U- D" c7 c
SS I-41, hits 12; n3 A* d/ }# J# B" { E k+ T
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; `' U' }! U$ ]7 n5 S( ?$ j: ~2 ^ DD Quadrant
0 ~ |% @3 u: B2 s7 ]6 v; v DD Quality g. t' l9 ?) x& b
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4 A8 V: H$ W/ r) h% c+ T* d0 Z SS I-6, hits 17 q# J, `- G. o9 L# l1 ]
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DE Engstrom
; U* h# c' O4 |: n s0 n% k DE Emery
' K" |( o+ h2 ~6 J8 S/ T% z2 h& h DE Gilmore
7 [ \- p$ e, z' _: \ DE Fleming u/ @7 A5 I# [+ z2 m7 L
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$ ^5 J9 n8 P+ J6 A; ] SS I-31, hits 2# ], T0 v! m! G+ s# P: Q
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% @6 g; Z) e+ W& B1 I, i DD Worden5 {% ~) q$ v! H" \$ j4 X/ \! _
DD Dale
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1255 n1 a0 @% `. S8 D, S4 e: i4 E
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Japanese Ships
0 W# ^1 ?+ T) i& i s9 y# S( {1 s SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk8 ^% u$ O7 @6 {) ~2 q6 K q( v
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. w n7 P, F$ z$ H# p) j DD Downes& C6 D( f6 ^9 { A1 U8 ?* J2 ?( e
DD Smith
7 V* C, b' D$ n! ~ DD Rotherham
+ S" G& I$ }( v# o DD Roebuck
( _! o* v1 _7 V DD Relentless7 W C$ F% O" |2 _3 n
DD Redoubt0 ?0 b% _$ ~5 ], `& o! y* K
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Quilliam/ F$ x* |6 n- B5 w6 ^
DD Smith
, M2 y: S/ P/ l7 ]5 x0 R DD Rotherham
- f% J" N' z3 t2 X9 @% {8 F DD Roebuck
2 q4 }/ q7 }7 j, c+ c DD Relentless
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4 A2 J$ |+ `5 X& X SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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Allied Ships8 P# }: m9 O8 b+ r
CA Canberra II
4 }% P: h, r! A$ m CA Exeter+ c" l! ]0 h! V8 s! @+ ^
DD Thatcher- I$ Z5 V3 P) Y% F/ o9 F
DD David Taylor7 `# e! e2 W2 J
DD Strong& \) h- l" w: M$ V3 v7 \
DD Stembel/ `' w5 @7 D( }: A6 D
DD Schroeder
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DD Porterfield8 ~& ~ c( D; G' K; F
DD Picking
& g% [6 r5 z" D7 K: A; Z$ Y DD Wadleigh
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6 s, I) c% Y8 I% g; B DD Twining
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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$ I7 z) O1 `. w6 v& \6 X1 W SS I-28, hits 10# u" F( l" x) k6 A) c
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DD Downes
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0 o0 m+ e. t, j8 W DD Rotherham* A |, {+ K1 y$ e2 l; L' h
DD Roebuck
% ]% J' ^9 _% @ I# }9 k DD Relentless
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8 |) Y/ X. f& x& u SS I-43, hits 9
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1 L3 e3 k/ G2 V7 \ DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage: ], X" n) ~# O# H' g. O
DD Hopewell |