Season 2 (1958)

The Archerfish Spits Straight
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March 7, 1958 • 30m

Submarine Commander questions his own judgment and beaches himself in administrative duty. He returns to sea and commands another ...Read more

The Sea Devil Attacks Puget Sound
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March 14, 1958 • 30m

US Submarine vs US ASW group consisting of Destroyers and aircraft in a Cold War era war game. Who will win the competition?

The Bergall's Revenge
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March 21, 1958 • 30m

Follows the beginning of the Bergall's third war patrol to Lombok strait. The highlight of the patrol is to use the new "cutie" to...Read more

The Unsuccessful Patrol
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March 28, 1958 • 30m

S boats were early and older US subs. S34 was sent into Kiska, Alaska after Japan invaded. She barely survived. Nothing sunk, but she survived.

The Story of the U.S.S. Aspro
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April 4, 1958 • 30m

US subs provided lifeguard duty. Saving downed allied pilots. The USS Aspro did that just outside Tokyo, Japan in Aug. 1945 at gre...Read more

The Thresher Story
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April 11, 1958 • 30m

Torpedo test goes wrong and fired with the outer door still closed. It has to be disarmed or boom. Thresher adds a 5" gun for surf...Read more

The Ugly Duckling
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April 18, 1958 • 30m

Episode 7 of Season 2 premiered on April 18, 1958

Peto Plucks Some Chickens
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April 25, 1958 • 30m

This episode starts with the New CO borrowing uniforms from one of his officers in San Fran. The Story ends with that JO resigning...Read more

The S-38 Story
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May 2, 1958 • 30m

During the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies the S-38 attempts to rescue survivors from a British destroyer. She rescued ...Read more

Incident Down South
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May 9, 1958 • 30m

In 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 flo...Read more

Mine for Keeps
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May 16, 1958 • 30m

When the Navy learns that Japanese freighters are hugging the coast of Japan in order to evade US submarines, the Trigger is sent ...Read more

Fish Out of Water
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May 23, 1958 • 30m

The USS Baya operates in cooperation with Navy patrol planes in the South China Sea.

The U.S.S. Cod's Lost Boarding Party
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May 30, 1958 • 30m

The USS Cod boarding party was stranded for 52 hours on a Japanese junk before they could be rescued.

The Triton's Christmas
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June 6, 1958 • 30m

The Triton wardroom and torpedomen ensure a good Christmas is had by all.

The Hawkbill's Revenge
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June 13, 1958 • 30m

The skipper of the USS Hawkbill vows revenge when a Japanese minelayer sinks the USS Lagarto.

The Tigershark
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June 20, 1958 • 30m

Tigershark sights an enemy task force. The skipper has to make a decision: Follow orders and leave the area or surface and radio h...Read more

The Cavalla Story
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June 29, 1958 • 30m

On her first war patrol in June of 1944, the USS Cavala's captain obeys orders despite a tempting target. His disciplined conduct ...Read more

The Growler's Captain
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July 6, 1958 • 30m

A submarine captain sacrifices himself for the safety of his ship and crew.

The U.S.S. Tinosa Story
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July 13, 1958 • 30m

This was Operation Barney where 9 US Subs entered the Sea of Japan in June 45. They were the "Hellcats" squadron. They wreaked hav...Read more

The Grayling Story
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July 20, 1958 • 30m

A Lucky hat and a whale of a tale that contribute to an evasion.

The S-44 Story
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July 27, 1958 • 30m

A renovated 18-year-old sub is sent to sink a Japanese cruiser.

The Pargo's Lucky Seventh
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August 1, 1958 • 30m

On her seventh war patrol, the USS Pargo gets an assignment to land Australian commandos on one of the Paracel Islands.

The Crevalle's Mine Plant
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August 8, 1958 • 30m

Laying 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 ...Read more

The Sunfish Story
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August 15, 1958 • 30m

The U.S.S. Sunfish endures 186 depth charges released by Japanese surface craft.

The Sunfish's Cook
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August 22, 1958 • 30m

Fed up with his routine chores in the gallery, the cook of the USS Sunfish, Teddy Aldridge, requests an active combat station for ...Read more

The Nautilus and the Nuns
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August 29, 1958 • 30m

Fourteen nuns escape from the Solomon Islands in the U.S.S. Nautilus.

The Sandshark Story
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September 5, 1958 • 30m

American submarine is sent to rescue missionaries from Japanese held island, but one does not want to leave.

Operation Seadragon
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September 12, 1958 • 30m

Appendectomy. No doctor. No surgical supplies. But American Submariners get the job done -- even as depth charges explode nearby.

The Harder at Woleai
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September 19, 1958 • 30m

Extensive effort to rescue a downed pilot off enemy held island beach from a reef. Early success versus an enemy destroyer. CDR Sa...Read more

The Tautog Story
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September 26, 1958 • 30m

USS 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.

The Swordfish Story
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October 3, 1958 • 30m

USS Swordfish travels to the Lembeh Straits on Celebes to discover how an Imperial Japanese air base is being supplied.

The Gabilan Story
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October 10, 1958 • 30m

Submarine risks Japanese shore batteries to rescue downed airman less than a mile off coast of Japan. Then USN destroyers mistake ...Read more

The Gato Story
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October 17, 1958 • 30m

The captain of the USS Gato plays a hunch (or is it something more than a mere "hunch"?) to rescue downed American airmen.

The Silversides Story
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October 24, 1958 • 30m

An egocentric young torpedoman matures as he his shaped by the harsh realities of submarine combat.

The Bowfin Story
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October 31, 1958 • 30m

Today's theme is the Bowfin Story.

Royal Submarines
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November 7, 1958 • 30m

A British sub commander in the Mediterranean intercepts enemy supply boats.

The Squalus Story
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November 14, 1958 • 30m

USS Squalus sinks off of New Hampshire in 1939. New rescue equipment is used to rescue half of the crew.

Seanettle vs U-Boat
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November 21, 1958 • 30m

American submarine skillfully tracks and engages a German U-Boat that is headed for Japan.

U-47 in Scapa Flow
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November 28, 1958 • 30m

On 14 October 1939, Gunther Prien penetrated the Royal Navy's primary base at Scapa Flow where he torpedoed and sank the battleshi...Read more