Season 2
39 episodes · Mar 7, 1958
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- S2E1
The Archerfish Spits Straight
Mar 7, 195830mSubmarine Commander questions his own judgment and beaches himself in administrative duty. He returns to sea and commands another sub to sink one of the biggest warship prizes of the war.
- S2E2
The Sea Devil Attacks Puget Sound
Mar 14, 195830mUS Submarine vs US ASW group consisting of Destroyers and aircraft in a Cold War era war game. Who will win the competition?
- S2E3
The Bergall's Revenge
Mar 21, 195830mFollows the beginning of the Bergall's third war patrol to Lombok strait. The highlight of the patrol is to use the new "cutie" torpedo to eliminate escorts that threaten US subs passing through the straits.
- S2E4
The Unsuccessful Patrol
Mar 28, 195830mS boats were early and older US subs. S34 was sent into Kiska, Alaska after Japan invaded. She barely survived. Nothing sunk, but she survived.
- S2E5
The Story of the U.S.S. Aspro
Apr 4, 195830mUS subs provided lifeguard duty. Saving downed allied pilots. The USS Aspro did that just outside Tokyo, Japan in Aug. 1945 at great risk to all aboard.
- S2E6
The Thresher Story
Apr 11, 195830mTorpedo test goes wrong and fired with the outer door still closed. It has to be disarmed or boom. Thresher adds a 5" gun for surface action in 42. US Torpedoes were bad at that time. The 5" gun saved the Thresher in a duel with a Jap ship.
- S2E8
Peto Plucks Some Chickens
Apr 25, 195830mThis episode starts with the New CO borrowing uniforms from one of his officers in San Fran. The Story ends with that JO resigning to be a priest. Plenty of soul saving in between late in the war.
- S2E9
The S-38 Story
May 2, 195830mDuring the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies the S-38 attempts to rescue survivors from a British destroyer. She rescued 58 Royal sailors from the HMS Electra which had been sunk the day before.
- S2E10
Incident Down South
May 9, 195830mIn early 1942, the USS Tarpon is in bad shape. Then bad turns to worse when she is grounded on an uncharted reef. Can the ship float free in time to avoid the nearby Japanese?
- S2E11
Mine for Keeps
May 16, 195830mWhen the Navy learns that Japanese freighters are hugging the coast of Japan in order to evade US submarines, the Trigger is sent to the area to lay mines to force Japanese shipping out into deeper waters. USS Trigger (SS-237) a Gato-class submarine. From 3 Dec 1942 to 22 Jan 1943, the submarine conducted a combined minelaying and offensive patrol, in waters surrounding Japan. On 20 December, she began planting a minefield off Inubo Saki, Honshū. Trigger planted the northern half of the field and was working on the southern part when a cargo ship passed her, heading into the newly-laid mines. Five minutes later, a violent explosion rocked the captain of the Trigger gets to see the freighter while an escort circled her. The submarine later heard another explosion from the direction of the minefield and, when she surfaced the next day, found the field was covered by smoke.
- S2E12
Fish Out of Water
May 23, 195830mThe USS Baya operates in cooperation with Navy patrol planes in the South China Sea.
- S2E13
The U.S.S. Cod's Lost Boarding Party
May 30, 195830mThe USS Cod boarding party was stranded for 52 hours on a Japanese junk before they could be rescued.
- S2E14
The Triton's Christmas
Jun 6, 195830mThe Triton wardroom and torpedomen ensure a good Christmas is had by all.
- S2E15
The Hawkbill's Revenge
Jun 13, 195830mThe skipper of the USS Hawkbill vows revenge when a Japanese minelayer sinks the USS Lagarto.
- S2E16
The Tigershark
Jun 20, 195830mTigershark sights an enemy task force. The skipper has to make a decision: Follow orders and leave the area or surface and radio headquarters. His decision leads to one of his sailors being recommended for the Navy Cross.
- S2E17
The Cavalla Story
Jun 29, 195830mOn her first war patrol in June of 1944, the USS Cavala's captain obeys orders despite a tempting target. His disciplined conduct sets up the great American victory of "The Marianas Turkey Shoot."
- S2E18
The Growler's Captain
Jul 6, 195830mA submarine captain sacrifices himself for the safety of his ship and crew.
- S2E19
The U.S.S. Tinosa Story
Jul 13, 195830mThis was Operation Barney where 9 US Subs entered the Sea of Japan in June 45. They were the "Hellcats" squadron. They wreaked havoc on Japanese ships with the loss of only 1 sub.
- S2E20
The Grayling Story
Jul 20, 195830mA Lucky hat and a whale of a tale that contribute to an evasion.
- S2E21
The S-44 Story
Jul 27, 195830mA renovated 18-year-old sub is sent to sink a Japanese cruiser.
- S2E22
The Pargo's Lucky Seventh
Aug 1, 195830mOn her seventh war patrol, the USS Pargo gets an assignment to land Australian commandos on one of the Paracel Islands.
- S2E23
The Crevalle's Mine Plant
Aug 8, 195830mLaying mines off the Japanese-held harbor of Saigon was a tough job at best; but, with one of your own mines stuck in the torpedo tube and an enemy destroyer closing fast, it was a downright nightmare.
- S2E24
The Sunfish Story
Aug 15, 195830mThe U.S.S. Sunfish endures 186 depth charges released by Japanese surface craft.
- S2E25
The Sunfish's Cook
Aug 22, 195830mFed up with his routine chores in the gallery, the cook of the USS Sunfish, Teddy Aldridge, requests an active combat station for the next engagement with the enemy. The ship's executive officer assigns him a Browning automatic rifle for use during surface action.
- S2E26
The Nautilus and the Nuns
Aug 29, 195830mFourteen nuns escape from the Solomon Islands in the U.S.S. Nautilus.
- S2E27
The Sandshark Story
Sep 5, 195830mAmerican submarine is sent to rescue missionaries from Japanese held island, but one does not want to leave.
- S2E28
Operation Seadragon
Sep 12, 195830mAppendectomy. No doctor. No surgical supplies. But American Submariners get the job done -- even as depth charges explode nearby.
- S2E29
The Harder at Woleai
Sep 19, 195830mExtensive effort to rescue a downed pilot off enemy held island beach from a reef. Early success versus an enemy destroyer. CDR Samuel D Dealey commanding.
- S2E30
The Tautog Story
Sep 26, 195830mUSS Tautog was at Pearl Dec. 7th, 1941. She sank 26 Jap ships equating to 72,606 tons by the end of the war. She had one of the best records in WWII.
- S2E31
The Swordfish Story
Oct 3, 195830mUSS Swordfish travels to the Lembeh Straits on Celebes to discover how an Imperial Japanese air base is being supplied.
- S2E32
The Gabilan Story
Oct 10, 195830mSubmarine risks Japanese shore batteries to rescue downed airman less than a mile off coast of Japan. Then USN destroyers mistake submarine for Japanese ship. Galivan evades multiple attacks by "friendly" destroyers.
- S2E33
The Gato Story
Oct 17, 195830mThe captain of the USS Gato plays a hunch (or is it something more than a mere "hunch"?) to rescue downed American airmen.
- S2E34
The Silversides Story
Oct 24, 195830mAn egocentric young torpedoman matures as he his shaped by the harsh realities of submarine combat.
- S2E36
Royal Submarines
Nov 7, 195830mA British sub commander in the Mediterranean intercepts enemy supply boats.
- S2E37
The Squalus Story
Nov 14, 195830mUSS Squalus sinks off of New Hampshire in 1939. New rescue equipment is used to rescue half of the crew.
- S2E38
Seanettle vs U-Boat
Nov 21, 195830mAmerican submarine skillfully tracks and engages a German U-Boat that is headed for Japan.
- S2E39
U-47 in Scapa Flow
Nov 28, 195830mOn 14 October 1939, Gunther Prien penetrated the Royal Navy's primary base at Scapa Flow where he torpedoed and sank the battleship Royal Oak and returned home to instant fame.