The Silent Service

Episode 1

Part One

Dick O'Kane is having a nightmare - he is on a sinking submarine. WW2, 1943, and Dick discovers his boat really is in danger of sinking. The chronically inept captain of the USS Wahoo has fired on his own submarine. The anxiety and anger of the crew is personified in Mush Morton, who is training to be captain himself. Following a brief shore-leave Mush and Dick are surprisingly given command of the Wahoo, but it is under the direst circumstances. They are the only submarine capable of preventing the launch of a new Japanese destroyer, the most lethal weapon in the Japanese Navy's considerably superior arsenal. Dick, Mush, and the entire crew must be at their absolute best to stand any chance of succeeding in their perilous mission. They unknowingly face Japan's finest ship and deadliest captain on their maiden voyage.