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The Silent Service Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

39 Episodes 1957 - 1957

Episode 1

The Jack at Tokyo

30 mins

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

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Episode 2

The Trout at the Rainbow's End

Fri, Apr 12, 195730 mins

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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Episode 3

The End of the Line

Wed, Apr 17, 1957

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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Episode 4

The U.S.S. Sculpin Story

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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Episode 5

The U.S.S. Spearfish Delivers

30 mins

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

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Episode 6

The U.S.S. Bergall's Dilemma

Mon, Apr 22, 195730 mins

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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Episode 7

The U.S.S. Batfish Scores

Mon, Apr 15, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 8

The U.S.S. Tigrone Sets a Record

Mon, May 6, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 9

The Five-Ring Circus

Thu, Jun 27, 195730 mins

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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Episode 10

The U.S.S. Pampanito Story

Mon, May 13, 195730 mins

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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Episode 11

The U.S.S. Tirante Plays a Hunch

30 mins

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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Episode 12

The U.S.S. Tang vs. Truk

Fri, Jun 21, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 13

The Wahoo Story

Fri, Jun 28, 195730 mins

The final mission of the USS Wahoo.

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Episode 14

The Two Davids and Goliath

30 mins

Darter and Dace during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

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Episode 15

The Ordeal of S-38

30 mins

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

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Episode 16

The U.S.S. Seahorse Story

30 mins

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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Episode 17

The Salmon Swims Upstream

Mon, Jun 17, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 18

Cargo for Crevalle

30 mins

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

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Episode 19

Boomerang

Wed, May 29, 195730 mins

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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Episode 20

The Squailfish

Thu, Aug 15, 195730 mins

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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Episode 21

The Grouper Story

Thu, Aug 22, 195730 mins

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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Episode 22

The Eyes of the Seawolf

Thu, Aug 29, 195730 mins

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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Episode 23

The Sea Dragon Story

30 mins

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

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Episode 24

The Narwhal's Passenger from Mindanao

30 mins

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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Episode 25

The Perch's New Role

30 mins

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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Episode 26

The Final War Patrol

30 mins

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

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Episode 27

The Last Dive

30 mins

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

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Episode 28

The Gar Story

Fri, Oct 11, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 29

The Story of the U.S.S. Flier

Fri, Oct 18, 195730 mins

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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Episode 30

The Starfish Came Home

30 mins

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

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Episode 31

The Sealion Story

Tue, Oct 1, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 32

The Nautilus Story

30 mins

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

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Episode 33

Hit 'Em Again, Harder

Fri, Nov 15, 195730 mins

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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Episode 34

The Seashark Story

30 mins

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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Episode 35

The Tshushima Straits Story

Fri, Nov 29, 195730 mins

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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Episode 36

The Searaven

Fri, Dec 6, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 37

The Tang's Last Shot

30 mins

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

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Episode 38

The Loss of the Perch

Fri, Dec 20, 195730 mins

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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Episode 39

The Guardfish

Fri, Dec 27, 195730 mins

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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