Season 1
39 episodes · Apr 5, 1957
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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- S1E1
The Jack at Tokyo
Apr 5, 195730mA submarine springs a leak while well into Japanese waters. An engineer takes on the dangerous mission of repairing it.
- S1E2
The Trout at the Rainbow's End
Apr 12, 195730mA docudrama about a mission during World War II by the submarine USS Trout involving transporting a large amount of gold and silver.
- S1E3
The End of the Line
Apr 17, 195730mThe USS Thresher is caught at the end of a Japanese destroyer's grappling hook and attempts to shake itself loose.
- S1E4
The Sculpin Story
Apr 26, 195730mAfter a damaged submarine is forced to surface, all hands are ordered by the captain to abandon ship, but he stays aboard.
- S1E5
The Spearfish Delivers
May 3, 195730mA submarine is ordered to slip into Japanese-occupied Filipino waters to spirit out some important passengers from Corregidor.
- S1E6
The U.S.S. Bergall's Dilemma
May 10, 195730mThe USS Bergall, which has been badly damaged, is trying to get to port but three Japanese patrol boats are making it difficult.
- S1E7
The U.S.S. Batfish Scores
May 17, 195730mThe USS Batfish is ordered to intercept some enemy submarines that are carrying very important Japanese officials.
- S1E8
The U.S.S. Tigrone Sets a Record
Jun 6, 195730mA submarine trying to rescue downed American pilots comes under attack from Japanese destroyers.
- S1E9
The Five-Ring Circus
Jun 27, 195730mOn the hunt for a Japanese convoy, the crew of the USS Gato discovers that an unexploded enemy depth charge has landed on its deck.
- S1E10
The U.S.S. Pampanito Story
Jun 7, 195730mU.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.
- S1E11
The U.S.S. Tirante Plays a Hunch
Jun 14, 195730mThe commander of the submarine USS Tirante may lose his target in the shallow waters of a Japanese-held harbor if he doesn't surface.
- S1E12
The U.S.S. Tang vs. Truk
Jun 21, 195730mWith morale low, USS Tang stands by for rescue downed American pilots during the attack on the Truk islands.
- S1E14
The Two Davids and Goliath
Jul 5, 195730mDarter and Dace during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
- S1E15
The Ordeal of S-38
Jul 12, 195730mA submarine suffers a series of disasters: a broken prop, damaged instruments and an explosion onboard.
- S1E16
The Seahorse Story
Jul 19, 195730mThe 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.
- S1E17
The Salmon Swims Upstream
Jul 26, 195730mIn October of 1944. 100 miles off Japan. Salmon is damaged in a depth charge attack and must remain surfaced.
- S1E18
Cargo for Crevalle
Aug 2, 195730mThe crew of the USS Crevalle takes aboard a Filipino woman about to give birth to a baby.
- S1E19
Boomerang
Aug 9, 195730mA 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.
- S1E20
The Squailfish
Aug 16, 195730mThe 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.
- S1E21
The Grouper Story
Aug 23, 195730mPrior to the invasion, the USS Grouper transports Australian raiders and their native guides to a hidden cove on New Britain.
- S1E22
The Eyes of the Seawolf
Aug 30, 195730mWhen his ship's attempts to sink Japanese shipping fail, a seaman with an interest in photography produces evidence of faulty design.
- S1E23
The Sea Dragon Story
Sep 6, 195730mThe USS Sea Dragon's oxygen tanks are exhausted. Death by suffocation or enemy gun fire seems inevitable.
- S1E24
The Narwhal's Passenger from Mindanao
Sep 13, 195730mA 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.
- S1E25
The Perch's New Role
Sep 20, 195730mA docudrama about the submarine USS Perch on a mission during The Korean War to deliver British Royal Marines on a secret commando raid.
- S1E26
The Final War Patrol
Sep 27, 195730mConcerns the Gato Class WWII Sub U.S.S. Barb (SS-220) and her Final WWII Patrol.
- S1E27
The Last Dive
Oct 4, 195730mA broken propeller, an internal explosion and damaged instruments plague an outmoded American submarine assigned to attack Jap transports.
- S1E28
The Gar Story
Oct 11, 195730mA docudrama about the submarine USS Gar on a secret mission with guerillas during World War II.
- S1E29
The Story of the U.S.S. Flier
Oct 18, 195730mThe 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.
- S1E30
The Starfish Came Home
Oct 25, 195730mEnemy bombers attack the U.S.S. Starfish, and a hatch cover sticks as it attempts to submerge.
- S1E31
The Sealion Story
Nov 1, 195730mA damaged sub surfaces to attack a fleet of Japanese destroyers.
- S1E32
The Nautilus Story
Nov 8, 195730mThe Nautilus is assigned to observation duty at Tarawa and caught between U.S. and Japanese fire.
- S1E33
Hit 'Em Again, Harder
Nov 15, 195730mThe 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.
- S1E34
The Seashark Story
Nov 22, 195730mA photographer's mate is frightened by his assignment - to photograph submarines in action. The crew helps to make things unpleasant.
- S1E35
The Tshushima Straits Story
Nov 29, 195730mAt 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.
- S1E36
The Searaven
Dec 6, 195730mA U.S. sub becomes a sitting duck to save Australian soldiers from Timor Island.
- S1E37
The Tang's Last Shot
Dec 13, 195730mThe USS Tang, after sinking an entire convoy, gets in the way of her own torpedo.
- S1E38
The Loss of the Perch
Dec 20, 195730mThe 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. "
- S1E39
The Guardfish
Dec 27, 195730mAction 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.