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。- U9 Y/ ` m+ i) v2 k6 K
! }& [% @9 c& k/ y( ^ i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。
( L7 w7 a) V$ C' Y* WASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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Japanese Ships
9 o' v6 u5 m" ]# a# j SS I-37, hits 86 A$ e' G8 W7 z5 D3 j7 Z% H+ a
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DD Quadrant
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1253 s8 `1 r: V( w8 |0 h' p; j4 f
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SS I-30, hits 1
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Allied Ships* m# K0 M2 X; B1 L% }3 X/ c
DD Ingersoll/ o% i4 v+ Y$ p3 i9 X. P% v* J
DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125& p' ]8 A }& C4 j
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Japanese Ships
; u% q u- V- x1 S8 Y0 j } SS I-11, hits 16% z' p( S' t6 n& S/ s8 z
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DE Fleming+ w9 G1 ~; }$ W' I/ M
DE Emery
6 r" h T. V' M3 l/ D& m DE Gilmore% M3 k* K4 b4 f( Z2 b8 H6 @9 h9 p
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,1252 q5 l: u/ S( m% j* r, P
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7 b; C3 {8 @/ J SS I-28, hits 4, z' O$ Z8 v9 R/ e1 }0 s* Q
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DD Ingersoll+ {4 `! |( E6 w2 c3 J2 P+ e
DD Isherwood1 _% T# w2 \( x2 p& j
; {- [7 x9 ^6 [; P% t4 [, |+ jSub attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-41, hits 12
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Allied Ships
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$ }' ?8 s7 Z; H4 v. Z+ e- T5 _ASW attack near Broome at 62,125& d, s+ w" d$ d l
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SS I-6, hits 17
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DE Engstrom* f) e" s; r5 ]3 B2 s& _+ K/ @$ ~
DE Emery3 w& d$ p- o3 ?6 ?1 p! {/ m
DE Gilmore
8 W0 }) _* R+ ~5 g1 g DE Fleming3 `# {3 ~! u, I4 J. X; P
0 C( G) I T2 o% N: LSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125- W- _" s D, n8 I2 n
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SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Worden
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125$ E# g; F- A, \! b& B3 Z
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes$ d4 h$ M# C& i: }% c! {
DD Smith
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DD Roebuck
. I5 ]1 p8 P: Z! |8 j' K DD Relentless
7 g k1 R4 k4 f2 J DD Redoubt
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk2 S# e+ U3 ?4 A/ D$ f
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DD Racehorse0 n3 H- b6 @; }
DD Quilliam
/ x- s% h t5 q5 q DD Smith
( a, t& w( N9 L4 f DD Rotherham
4 [" |0 B+ Z( j b w; O DD Roebuck
; c+ B5 E+ T" n- k% [6 e DD Relentless
$ ~: b5 q/ b) r8 ~. O9 P DD Redoubt. S. c$ ~$ ]2 p- j3 S
, P/ ]0 C6 a* \2 d+ i" ?6 N$ Q$ E$ _Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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CA Canberra II9 v1 ?; k% v. W7 y7 {' q4 Y
CA Exeter4 L8 X8 t7 L# C M3 ^+ g6 {
DD Thatcher
Z% e& S. @: f D8 ] DD David Taylor
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DD Stembel
: K$ }; r/ H$ @0 A+ y& d0 Y DD Schroeder
3 D4 m* F8 n0 w& K# A* D0 ] DD John Rodgers7 F- u2 i( y, L; C
DD Porterfield) x0 \4 V8 f, I& G
DD Picking. h7 D% J) z+ D8 w; w
DD Wadleigh3 E4 ^* C% C p/ F. J1 M g9 a
DD Uhlmann
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DD Trathen8 [: ]% p0 p9 x
, I6 Z/ M2 C1 u6 gSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1259 v( {5 d! Z! U$ y
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SS I-28, hits 10
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Allied Ships
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DD Downes5 j1 \& e4 c8 F$ t0 W( |
DD Smith
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DD Relentless
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f% s7 {, J% r- G" r5 b2 E SS I-43, hits 9
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: k' U1 u$ m7 O2 \3 C* |# [ DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage- C! M* |5 D; j; n$ Q) B0 I
DD Hopewell |