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。+ x: W. C/ \+ ~9 P7 Q! b- i
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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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SS I-37, hits 8% R$ r" B. D/ r
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Allied Ships
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DD Quality; K. m% Q( e( `- |5 H. |
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125
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DD Ingersoll; N# p( g( Q1 F- o! x
DD Isherwood- D( A, a$ p1 ]! t, F! W/ g
4 c0 V( r) V; h7 QSub attack near Broome at 62,1250 z. f3 y$ Z1 N. M/ {+ D
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SS I-11, hits 16
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DE Fleming
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DE Gilmore
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,125 s* `2 ]' ]5 r9 m2 ^7 h
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SS I-28, hits 4
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DD Ingersoll5 y0 e4 Y( e6 t1 R4 Z
DD Isherwood
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* q" s1 m) ?( s g+ B) g SS I-41, hits 12; W& x I/ o8 B) v1 |. M! \: @6 ?
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DD Quadrant
! }' B1 t9 l! v5 Q8 f1 [6 ` DD Quality" `+ e7 ?. x2 Q2 J0 k* w+ S- ?: R
; x) m1 |- r. j& [; }" |ASW attack near Broome at 62,125 r4 M/ |( l4 @) H5 Q C
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SS I-6, hits 174 z7 I* U7 y W7 v
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, \4 B: r) g7 B DE Engstrom
! M" B9 h/ f, {+ X) t, B& I DE Emery
0 l9 G1 R! m$ Y6 S" c DE Gilmore5 y* ?0 n7 l: _: k4 U
DE Fleming
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SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Worden# w0 c! e3 D+ k6 u% d7 u) r
DD Dale# h5 G0 f6 c% K, z) u
6 v0 J o3 F, `! l pSubmarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,1252 `" z4 K8 j% Q1 h/ d; a6 m
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5 X8 q6 J& Y/ J# M( {' {6 X( j SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
$ B p+ v# C8 S$ Q DD Downes2 q/ }3 x. _6 ~; I( D' b1 t5 o
DD Smith) S V% [" m5 L: [6 a
DD Rotherham
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DD Relentless! u# }0 F, C3 y# O3 }2 [0 t* B
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 sunk
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1 b, }) c% }8 @ DD Racehorse7 e: O0 M4 E: h) A! Q
DD Quilliam
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DD Roebuck6 ~7 u3 j4 q: A1 K0 n9 D
DD Relentless7 O9 {" @. W! N# R/ O! J
DD Redoubt8 Q/ H0 D) A! p4 u
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; G% G; H9 V3 o: t SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk8 a4 f1 i- H" _; t. c' R
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CA Canberra II
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" S( O0 \$ N) v' K# g DD Thatcher
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DD Strong# k# |. Y2 v4 |
DD Stembel2 j( N/ u* F& O h4 [6 X
DD Schroeder
3 j0 i; t+ ]' e1 u6 t DD John Rodgers
) ~" e n: E" J2 \ DD Porterfield
0 p" y5 m' k: p/ a1 m DD Picking% U: @/ A; U2 o$ ]0 P/ B) y% \/ C5 q
DD Wadleigh2 j& x S9 T' Z' S4 a
DD Uhlmann
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SS I-28, hits 10
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. Y! [1 ?. J3 Y( Q7 B ~ DD Racehorse
$ g7 b$ x8 f$ M DD Downes
1 X# G X; j4 I" H1 H DD Smith
6 Q8 T8 p5 F- _) C* Q. x DD Rotherham
' p% \2 z3 A1 ?' p0 ^& `0 ? DD Roebuck
1 O2 N! F% V# K6 ?, f1 u' v) G DD Relentless
3 G W0 O! ~5 D0 M' ] DD Rapid
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SS I-43, hits 9
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DD Hopewell |