The Silent Service - Season 1

The Silent Service - Season 1

Season 1

Documentary dramatic anthology about the US Navy's submarine fleet. All stories were based on fact and the realism was heightened by actual use of combat footage from the files of the Navy.
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DatesApr 5, 1957 - Dec 27, 1957
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Episodes

The Jack at Tokyo
Season 1Episode 130 min

The Jack at Tokyo

A submarine springs a leak while well into Japanese waters. An engineer takes on the dangerous mission of repairing it.
Apr 5, 1957
The Trout at the Rainbow's End
Season 1Episode 230 min

The Trout at the Rainbow's End

A docudrama about a mission during World War II by the submarine USS Trout involving transporting a large amount of gold and silver.
Apr 12, 1957
The End of the Line
Season 1Episode 330 min

The End of the Line

The USS Thresher is caught at the end of a Japanese destroyer's grappling hook and attempts to shake itself loose.
Apr 19, 1957
The Sculpin Story
Season 1Episode 430 min

The Sculpin Story

After a damaged submarine is forced to surface, all hands are ordered by the captain to abandon ship, but he stays aboard.
Apr 26, 1957
The Spearfish Delivers
Season 1Episode 530 min

The Spearfish Delivers

A submarine is ordered to slip into Japanese-occupied Filipino waters to spirit out some important passengers from Corregidor.
May 3, 1957
The Bergall's Dilemma
Season 1Episode 630 min

The Bergall's Dilemma

The USS Bergall, which has been badly damaged, is trying to get to port but three Japanese patrol boats are making it difficult.
May 10, 1957
The Batfish Scores
Season 1Episode 730 min

The Batfish Scores

The USS Batfish is ordered to intercept some enemy submarines that are carrying very important Japanese officials.
May 17, 1957
The Tigrone Sets a Record
Season 1Episode 830 min

The Tigrone Sets a Record

A submarine trying to rescue downed American pilots comes under attack from Japanese destroyers.
May 24, 1957
Five-Ring Circus
Season 1Episode 930 min

Five-Ring Circus

On the hunt for a Japanese convoy, the crew of the USS Gato discovers that an unexploded enemy depth charge has landed on its deck.
May 31, 1957
The Pampanito Story
Season 1Episode 1030 min

The Pampanito Story

U.S. subs are about to close in on a Japanese convoy. What they don't know is that aboard one of the ships are Allied POWs.
Jun 7, 1957
The Tirante Plays a Hunch
Season 1Episode 1130 min

The Tirante Plays a Hunch

The commander of the submarine USS Tirante may lose his target in the shallow waters of a Japanese-held harbor if he doesn't surface.
Jun 14, 1957
The Tang vs. Truk
Season 1Episode 1230 min

The Tang vs. Truk

With morale low, USS Tang stands by for rescue downed American pilots during the attack on the Truk islands.
Jun 21, 1957
The Wahoo's Final Report
Season 1Episode 1330 min

The Wahoo's Final Report

The final mission of the USS Wahoo.
Jun 28, 1957
Two Davids and Goliath
Season 1Episode 1430 min

Two Davids and Goliath

Darter and Dace during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Jul 5, 1957
The Ordeal of S-38
Season 1Episode 1530 min

The Ordeal of S-38

A submarine suffers a series of disasters: a broken prop, damaged instruments and an explosion onboard.
Jul 12, 1957
The Seahorse Story
Season 1Episode 1630 min

The Seahorse Story

The USS Seahorse is in big trouble: it's deep in Japanese waters, it's been badly damaged and is in danger of being destroyed by a barrage of enemy depth charges.
Jul 19, 1957
The Salmon Swims Upstream
Season 1Episode 1730 min

The Salmon Swims Upstream

In October of 1944. 100 miles off Japan. Salmon is damaged in a depth charge attack and must remain surfaced.
Jul 26, 1957
Cargo for Crevalle
Season 1Episode 1830 min

Cargo for Crevalle

The crew of the USS Crevalle takes aboard a Filipino woman about to give birth to a baby.
Aug 2, 1957
Boomerang
Season 1Episode 1930 min

Boomerang

A sub being hunted by Japanese ships is forced to settle on the bottom of the ocean to escape detection, but it has been badly damaged and if it stays on the bottom for too long it may not be able to surface.
Aug 9, 1957
The Squalfish
Season 1Episode 2030 min

The Squalfish

The Squailfish sinks a Japanese escort carrier, but that only seems to be what sets off a string of bad luck that begins to plague the sub.
Aug 16, 1957
The Grouper Story
Season 1Episode 2130 min

The Grouper Story

Prior to the invasion, the USS Grouper transports Australian raiders and their native guides to a hidden cove on New Britain.
Aug 23, 1957
Eyes of the Seawolf
Season 1Episode 2230 min

Eyes of the Seawolf

When his ship's attempts to sink Japanese shipping fail, a seaman with an interest in photography produces evidence of faulty design.
Aug 30, 1957
The Seadragon Story
Season 1Episode 2330 min

The Seadragon Story

The USS Sea Dragon's oxygen tanks are exhausted. Death by suffocation or enemy gun fire seems inevitable.
Sep 6, 1957
Narwhal's Passenger from Mindanao
Season 1Episode 2430 min

Narwhal's Passenger from Mindanao

A docudrama about a submarine mission during World War II, the rescue by the USS Narwhal of escaped POW survivors of Bataan from the island of Mindanao.
Sep 13, 1957
The Perch's New Role
Season 1Episode 2530 min

The Perch's New Role

A docudrama about the submarine USS Perch on a mission during The Korean War to deliver British Royal Marines on a secret commando raid.
Sep 20, 1957
The Final War Patrol
Season 1Episode 2630 min

The Final War Patrol

Concerns the Gato Class WWII Sub U.S.S. Barb (SS-220) and her Final WWII Patrol.
Sep 27, 1957
The Last Dive
Season 1Episode 2730 min

The Last Dive

A broken propeller, an internal explosion and damaged instruments plague an outmoded American submarine assigned to attack Jap transports.
Oct 4, 1957
The Gar Story
Season 1Episode 2830 min

The Gar Story

A docudrama about the submarine USS Gar on a secret mission with guerillas during World War II.
Oct 11, 1957
The Flier Story
Season 1Episode 2930 min

The Flier Story

The successes and the sinking of the USS Flyer and the dozen who survived after 17 hours in the water and then had to sail to additional islands before finding food and rescue.
Oct 18, 1957
The Starfish Came Home
Season 1Episode 3030 min

The Starfish Came Home

Enemy bombers attack the U.S.S. Starfish, and a hatch cover sticks as it attempts to submerge.
Oct 25, 1957
The Sealion Story
Season 1Episode 3130 min

The Sealion Story

A damaged sub surfaces to attack a fleet of Japanese destroyers.
Nov 1, 1957
The Nautilus Story
Season 1Episode 3230 min

The Nautilus Story

The Nautilus is assigned to observation duty at Tarawa and caught between U.S. and Japanese fire.
Nov 8, 1957
Hit 'Em Again Harder
Season 1Episode 3330 min

Hit 'Em Again Harder

The Captain of the USS Harder earns the Congressional Medal of Honor by aggressive tactics which sink a record number of enemy destroyers over a few days. As a result, Japanese planning for a major operation is upset leading to American victory.
Nov 15, 1957
The Seashark Story
Season 1Episode 3430 min

The Seashark Story

A photographer's mate is frightened by his assignment - to photograph submarines in action. The crew helps to make things unpleasant.
Nov 22, 1957
The Tsushima Straits Story
Season 1Episode 3530 min

The Tsushima Straits Story

At the urging of Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, civilian scientists developed an electronic device that enabled submarines to detect floating and submerged mines. With this apparatus, a wolf-pack of nine subs entered the Sea of Japan in June 1945 and wreaked havoc with enemy shipping, contributing materially to the end of the war.
Nov 29, 1957
The Searaven
Season 1Episode 3630 min

The Searaven

A U.S. sub becomes a sitting duck to save Australian soldiers from Timor Island.
Dec 6, 1957
The Tang's Last Shot
Season 1Episode 3730 min

The Tang's Last Shot

The USS Tang, after sinking an entire convoy, gets in the way of her own torpedo.
Dec 13, 1957
The Loss of the Perch
Season 1Episode 3830 min

The Loss of the Perch

The perch starts wwii two engines down and doesn't keep them repaired long. During the opening of the war it suffers a series of mishaps (a circular running torpedo detonates close, loss of the comm gear, hole at the base of the sail, cracked and bowed shafts with only one engine providing propulsion. Scopes out, depth gauge out, numerous electrical grounds take sonar out, interior communications out-can't call for help., "Can't fight, can't run, - can't even dive. "
Dec 20, 1957
The Guardfish
Season 1Episode 3930 min

The Guardfish

Action centers around the historic and very successful First War Patrol for the USS Guardfish. There is a side story that the Guardfish got so close to Tokyo Bay that her crew were able to watch a horse race, through the periscope.
Dec 27, 1957

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