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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3 t9 q* t" w7 \, s# K6 t. j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。2 l. N0 N8 { V. [
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125& @" S. {/ H4 J
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6 T! s2 q; `/ J4 P SS I-37, hits 8
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Allied Ships
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DD Quality
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SS I-30, hits 1
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DD Ingersoll) e1 p1 l3 W: {+ O. F" x# s
DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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DE Fleming
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DE Gilmore- X) j! E& f; V7 L& ~9 l [+ ?, A
4 Y8 Q; g6 `; Z1 {: \3 cASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 4
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DD Ingersoll
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SS I-41, hits 12
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2 k# e. n0 W7 e, s/ O+ H. [ DD Quadrant
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SS I-6, hits 17, K5 G2 B0 d0 W9 }& v& }+ {+ y
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$ S- K( [. J1 b/ i5 e DE Engstrom
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DE Gilmore% I4 K) H0 V# H l7 s+ I
DE Fleming
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125% a9 I. K, G0 t% K' e( v
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* q l% ], q' @& B4 e& y: d$ z SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Dale0 ?) M* J. T4 u7 W; t+ z% o/ I
' M% T! }0 m' hSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125, u Y: C5 k- Y% k5 Q4 m8 S, _
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8 A2 }1 F4 r. a. h7 D1 t! d SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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DD Downes
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DD Relentless3 Z1 H2 x( n/ k5 B; B
DD Redoubt
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. l+ w; v4 O* ^+ }! o6 F SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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DD Racehorse
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DD Rotherham
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0 u; r6 u7 ]; R) \ DD Relentless
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5 }4 T: C8 S/ u5 ^. E7 k Q; C% ?Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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2 A1 Y# K% l! a0 R% d SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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CA Exeter. a4 l/ ]: u( w3 q- U* V' R
DD Thatcher4 h% ~* L/ u: J1 z! v# F8 }/ U: M
DD David Taylor
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DD Stembel: O6 R/ I! t- @
DD Schroeder: `1 u# W- H3 _
DD John Rodgers% l5 A x" ~* F7 J) l- m4 C
DD Porterfield
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DD Wadleigh3 R0 ?7 j5 G# d0 D4 C
DD Uhlmann
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; T; l% A2 Z$ c+ vSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,1250 g& X8 E* q; U6 Y
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3 V7 a/ ?6 ]. S2 Z! s5 }0 J$ d SS I-28, hits 101 m) q5 ]' a8 [- |5 [* `1 ~7 b3 w
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$ J$ H7 ], w$ s. x0 E DD Racehorse
2 r- \* o6 [9 e$ x( e3 m) ?: T DD Downes
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" A2 T; Q! x* k+ K, v" h DD Rotherham
% D5 a# V/ x3 e7 ~; n* Z DD Roebuck
7 \* U- Z9 R4 |* \, V8 j+ Q DD Relentless, ]" \1 R2 B% H8 C9 g; D% O
DD Rapid
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SS I-43, hits 9
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- d. U- j+ f" i# C2 t DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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