The Silent Service

2 Seasons1957 - 1958NR30m8.5

Documentary dramatic anthology about the U.S. 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. The stories were varied between the South...

Documentary dramatic anthology about the U.S. 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. The stories were varied between the South Pacific during World War II and the Korean War. The series was the brainchild of Rear Admiral Thomas M. Dykers, who retired from the Navy in 1949 after 22 years service. The Navy loaned him the U.S.S. Sawfish for the filming of several episodes.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 The Jack at Tokyo

1. The Jack at Tokyo

Aired: Apr 4, 1957

A submarine springs a leak while well into Japanese waters. An engineer takes...

Episode 3 The End of the Line

3. The End of the Line

Aired: Apr 16, 1957

The USS Thresher is caught at the end of a Japanese destroyer's grappling hoo...

Episode 9 The Five-Ring Circus

9. The Five-Ring Circus

Aired: Jun 27, 1957

On the hunt for a Japanese convoy, the crew of the USS Gato discovers that an...

Episode 15 The Ordeal of S-38

15. The Ordeal of S-38

Aired: Jul 12, 1957

A submarine suffers a series of disasters: a broken prop, damaged instruments...

Episode 18 Cargo for Crevalle

18. Cargo for Crevalle

Aired: Aug 2, 1957

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

Episode 19 Boomerang

19. Boomerang

Aired: Aug 9, 1957

A sub being hunted by Japanese ships is forced to settle on the bottom of the...

Episode 20 The Squailfish

20. The Squailfish

Aired: Aug 16, 1957

The Squailfish sinks a Japanese escort carrier, but that only seems to be wha...

Episode 21 The Grouper Story

21. The Grouper Story

Aired: Aug 23, 1957

Prior to the invasion, the USS Grouper transports Australian raiders and thei...

Episode 23 The Sea Dragon Story

23. The Sea Dragon Story

Aired: Sep 6, 1957

The USS Sea Dragon's oxygen tanks are exhausted. Death by suffocation or enem...

Episode 25 The Perch's New Role

25. The Perch's New Role

Aired: Sep 20, 1957

A docudrama about the submarine USS Perch on a mission during The Korean War ...

Episode 26 The Final War Patrol

26. The Final War Patrol

Aired: Sep 27, 1957

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

Episode 27 The Last Dive

27. The Last Dive

Aired: Oct 4, 1957

A broken propeller, an internal explosion and damaged instruments plague an o...

Episode 28 The Gar Story

28. The Gar Story

Aired: Oct 11, 1957

A docudrama about the submarine USS Gar on a secret mission with guerillas du...

Episode 32 The Nautilus Story

32. The Nautilus Story

Aired: Nov 7, 1957

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

Episode 34 The Seashark Story

34. The Seashark Story

Aired: Nov 21, 1957

A photographer's mate is frightened by his assignment - to photograph submari...

Episode 36 The Searaven

36. The Searaven

Aired: Dec 5, 1957

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

Episode 37 The Tang's Last Shot

37. The Tang's Last Shot

Aired: Dec 12, 1957

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


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Current Status: Ended

Genres:War, Action