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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- e9 M" i& D `9 a7 s! v- H2 S; D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。9 i' j {9 w' ~$ e/ `
ASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,125
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SS I-37, hits 88 H, F) O$ p2 ~7 g9 m7 w8 ?2 ]
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+ S# v9 t+ T6 f# t N/ J% j2 G DD Quadrant2 l; y d5 e3 t' @
DD Quality- l4 u! z% Q. g! k: b- q# X1 s
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125. |8 U2 _9 i5 }
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SS I-30, hits 1
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Allied Ships
1 G, F* g2 B* ?4 ? DD Ingersoll
, N7 B, |8 ^7 W/ j. p- N DD Isherwood
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-11, hits 16
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Allied Ships
6 |6 g% l0 p5 @9 V7 E DE Fleming
+ S4 h, H- V" \! W2 |9 o3 q) m DE Emery% F- T& _8 ]- k7 [: K+ |$ w9 [
DE Gilmore7 Y2 |# s; Z' G7 y
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ASW 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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: N9 i5 E4 ^# l0 R SS I-41, hits 120 b( v* [2 E% C, W6 e
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DD Quality1 a, ^* H# {3 [2 @
) T" ~9 m2 ~( Y$ o# ~. U; bASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-6, hits 17& g* |$ l) X. N
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# D- ^3 o4 Y, h) t2 c8 n DE Engstrom
( {3 ` q1 z G) [! w. c DE Emery
. l- c/ c0 X! R; M$ q! U DE Gilmore" |" `1 o* t/ g+ i* _6 L) e8 q
DE Fleming
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Dale: G) {8 e# q% I% c* @% r
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SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk. R" Q* K+ R4 n; y
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DD Downes/ e2 f/ g$ Z3 f7 H# i' e
DD Smith
; ]6 C* ]' j8 j* P/ {) N: S DD Rotherham
' h- v. V& A) ?7 s" p } DD Roebuck
1 |% C5 w. G# I DD Relentless
1 b: r0 X) C7 k& b/ M. H DD Redoubt
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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) K/ K: Z4 R1 [ T1 J SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
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DD Smith4 W4 b7 E p0 `- y8 s$ Z2 Q7 h
DD Rotherham% \7 @2 e) i- z
DD Roebuck
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DD Redoubt% M" M) ] y; V3 |) p
5 `* f1 D/ n; e/ o7 S9 j8 Q) ISubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125* E, R( I) |( {5 M. e1 P
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk
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CA Canberra II0 i) j0 g+ E$ z- _/ B
CA Exeter7 p! I, u( O. y; ?
DD Thatcher8 u0 Z- t+ X2 v& M+ G: Z) q: Z
DD David Taylor9 P/ h' b! w/ K5 z
DD Strong, [1 y) W7 ^. P/ r
DD Stembel$ E, S( h" J* U
DD Schroeder
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DD Porterfield
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DD Wadleigh* p5 v% a3 j$ h! [2 o
DD Uhlmann
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5 m- o; a4 n; ~5 d! h/ m6 XSub attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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SS I-28, hits 108 L# S. `3 q w Z A+ A7 S. _
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0 ]. h; [) A, n- O0 ]/ [ DD Racehorse2 U& g8 P# j- z* L5 O# a. l. n
DD Downes
- [7 ^6 a4 Y8 W& l7 k3 f DD Smith
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DD Roebuck
- Y) J- x" x6 E/ } DD Relentless
) [- T/ \5 I4 f, O0 B( A0 w8 X DD Rapid
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2 c* t9 y" n& q$ W* C# y7 w: B SS I-43, hits 9
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Allied Ships
_% }$ a) {$ N DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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