The Silent Service

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, 195730m

    A submarine springs a leak while well into Japanese waters. An engineer takes on the dangerous mission of repairing it.

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  • S1E2

    The Trout at the Rainbow's End

    Apr 12, 195730m

    A docudrama about a mission during World War II by the submarine USS Trout involving transporting a large amount of gold and silver.

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  • S1E3

    The End of the Line

    Apr 17, 195730m

    The USS Thresher is caught at the end of a Japanese destroyer's grappling hook and attempts to shake itself loose.

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  • S1E4

    The Sculpin Story

    Apr 26, 195730m

    After a damaged submarine is forced to surface, all hands are ordered by the captain to abandon ship, but he stays aboard.

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  • S1E5

    The Spearfish Delivers

    May 3, 195730m

    A submarine is ordered to slip into Japanese-occupied Filipino waters to spirit out some important passengers from Corregidor.

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  • S1E6

    The U.S.S. Bergall's Dilemma

    May 10, 195730m

    The USS Bergall, which has been badly damaged, is trying to get to port but three Japanese patrol boats are making it difficult.

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  • S1E7

    The U.S.S. Batfish Scores

    May 17, 195730m

    The USS Batfish is ordered to intercept some enemy submarines that are carrying very important Japanese officials.

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  • S1E8

    The U.S.S. Tigrone Sets a Record

    Jun 6, 195730m

    A submarine trying to rescue downed American pilots comes under attack from Japanese destroyers.

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  • S1E9

    The Five-Ring Circus

    Jun 27, 195730m

    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.

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  • S1E10

    The U.S.S. Pampanito Story

    Jun 7, 195730m

    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.

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  • S1E11

    The U.S.S. Tirante Plays a Hunch

    Jun 14, 195730m

    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.

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  • S1E12

    The U.S.S. Tang vs. Truk

    Jun 21, 195730m

    With morale low, USS Tang stands by for rescue downed American pilots during the attack on the Truk islands.

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  • S1E13

    The Wahoo Story

    Jun 28, 195730m

    The final mission of the USS Wahoo.

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  • S1E14

    The Two Davids and Goliath

    Jul 5, 195730m

    Darter and Dace during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

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  • S1E15

    The Ordeal of S-38

    Jul 12, 195730m

    A submarine suffers a series of disasters: a broken prop, damaged instruments and an explosion onboard.

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  • S1E16

    The Seahorse Story

    Jul 19, 195730m

    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.

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  • S1E17

    The Salmon Swims Upstream

    Jul 26, 195730m

    In October of 1944. 100 miles off Japan. Salmon is damaged in a depth charge attack and must remain surfaced.

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  • S1E18

    Cargo for Crevalle

    Aug 2, 195730m

    The crew of the USS Crevalle takes aboard a Filipino woman about to give birth to a baby.

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  • S1E19

    Boomerang

    Aug 9, 195730m

    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.

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  • S1E20

    The Squailfish

    Aug 16, 195730m

    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.

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  • S1E21

    The Grouper Story

    Aug 23, 195730m

    Prior to the invasion, the USS Grouper transports Australian raiders and their native guides to a hidden cove on New Britain.

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  • S1E22

    The Eyes of the Seawolf

    Aug 30, 195730m

    When his ship's attempts to sink Japanese shipping fail, a seaman with an interest in photography produces evidence of faulty design.

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  • S1E23

    The Sea Dragon Story

    Sep 6, 195730m

    The USS Sea Dragon's oxygen tanks are exhausted. Death by suffocation or enemy gun fire seems inevitable.

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  • S1E24

    The Narwhal's Passenger from Mindanao

    Sep 13, 195730m

    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.

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  • S1E25

    The Perch's New Role

    Sep 20, 195730m

    A docudrama about the submarine USS Perch on a mission during The Korean War to deliver British Royal Marines on a secret commando raid.

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  • S1E26

    The Final War Patrol

    Sep 27, 195730m

    Concerns the Gato Class WWII Sub U.S.S. Barb (SS-220) and her Final WWII Patrol.

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  • S1E27

    The Last Dive

    Oct 4, 195730m

    A broken propeller, an internal explosion and damaged instruments plague an outmoded American submarine assigned to attack Jap transports.

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  • S1E28

    The Gar Story

    Oct 11, 195730m

    A docudrama about the submarine USS Gar on a secret mission with guerillas during World War II.

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  • S1E29

    The Story of the U.S.S. Flier

    Oct 18, 195730m

    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.

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  • S1E30

    The Starfish Came Home

    Oct 25, 195730m

    Enemy bombers attack the U.S.S. Starfish, and a hatch cover sticks as it attempts to submerge.

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  • S1E31

    The Sealion Story

    Nov 1, 195730m

    A damaged sub surfaces to attack a fleet of Japanese destroyers.

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  • S1E32

    The Nautilus Story

    Nov 8, 195730m

    The Nautilus is assigned to observation duty at Tarawa and caught between U.S. and Japanese fire.

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  • S1E33

    Hit 'Em Again, Harder

    Nov 15, 195730m

    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.

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  • S1E34

    The Seashark Story

    Nov 22, 195730m

    A photographer's mate is frightened by his assignment - to photograph submarines in action. The crew helps to make things unpleasant.

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  • S1E35

    The Tshushima Straits Story

    Nov 29, 195730m

    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.

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  • S1E36

    The Searaven

    Dec 6, 195730m

    A U.S. sub becomes a sitting duck to save Australian soldiers from Timor Island.

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  • S1E37

    The Tang's Last Shot

    Dec 13, 195730m

    The USS Tang, after sinking an entire convoy, gets in the way of her own torpedo.

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  • S1E38

    The Loss of the Perch

    Dec 20, 195730m

    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. "

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  • S1E39

    The Guardfish

    Dec 27, 195730m

    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.

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