Thomas M. Dykers
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Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes1957
The Silent Service
Season 1
Documentary dramatic anthology about the US 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.
Episodes
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Episode 130 min1957-04-05
The Jack at Tokyo
A submarine springs a leak while well into Japanese waters. An engineer takes on the dangerous mission of repairing it.
Episode 230 min1957-04-12
The Trout at the Rainbow's End
A docudrama about a mission during World War II by the submarine USS Trout involving transporting a large amount of gold and silver.
Episode 330 min1957-04-17
The End of the Line
The USS Thresher is caught at the end of a Japanese destroyer's grappling hook and attempts to shake itself loose.
Episode 430 min1957-04-26
The Sculpin Story
After a damaged submarine is forced to surface, all hands are ordered by the captain to abandon ship, but he stays aboard.
Episode 530 min1957-05-03
The Spearfish Delivers
A submarine is ordered to slip into Japanese-occupied Filipino waters to spirit out some important passengers from Corregidor.
Episode 630 min1957-05-10
The U.S.S. Bergall's Dilemma
The USS Bergall, which has been badly damaged, is trying to get to port but three Japanese patrol boats are making it difficult.
Episode 730 min1957-05-17
The U.S.S. Batfish Scores
The USS Batfish is ordered to intercept some enemy submarines that are carrying very important Japanese officials.
Episode 830 min1957-06-06
The U.S.S. Tigrone Sets a Record
A submarine trying to rescue downed American pilots comes under attack from Japanese destroyers.
Episode 930 min1957-06-27
The Five-Ring Circus
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.
Episode 1030 min1957-06-07
The U.S.S. Pampanito Story
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.
Episode 1130 min1957-06-14
The U.S.S. Tirante Plays a Hunch
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.
Episode 1230 min1957-06-21
The U.S.S. Tang vs. Truk
With morale low, USS Tang stands by for rescue downed American pilots during the attack on the Truk islands.
Episode 1330 min1957-06-28
The Wahoo Story
The final mission of the USS Wahoo.
Episode 1430 min1957-07-05
The Two Davids and Goliath
Darter and Dace during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Episode 1530 min1957-07-12
The Ordeal of S-38
A submarine suffers a series of disasters: a broken prop, damaged instruments and an explosion onboard.
Episode 1630 min1957-07-19
The Seahorse Story
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.
Episode 1730 min1957-07-26
The Salmon Swims Upstream
In October of 1944. 100 miles off Japan. Salmon is damaged in a depth charge attack and must remain surfaced.
Episode 1830 min1957-08-02
Cargo for Crevalle
The crew of the USS Crevalle takes aboard a Filipino woman about to give birth to a baby.
Episode 1930 min1957-08-09
Boomerang
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.
Episode 2030 min1957-08-16
The Squailfish
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.
Episode 2130 min1957-08-23
The Grouper Story
Prior to the invasion, the USS Grouper transports Australian raiders and their native guides to a hidden cove on New Britain.
Episode 2230 min1957-08-30
The Eyes of the Seawolf
When his ship's attempts to sink Japanese shipping fail, a seaman with an interest in photography produces evidence of faulty design.
Episode 2330 min1957-09-06
The Sea Dragon Story
The USS Sea Dragon's oxygen tanks are exhausted. Death by suffocation or enemy gun fire seems inevitable.
Episode 2430 min1957-09-13
The Narwhal's Passenger from Mindanao
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.
Episode 2530 min1957-09-20
The Perch's New Role
A docudrama about the submarine USS Perch on a mission during The Korean War to deliver British Royal Marines on a secret commando raid.
Episode 2630 min1957-09-27
The Final War Patrol
Concerns the Gato Class WWII Sub U.S.S. Barb (SS-220) and her Final WWII Patrol.
Episode 2730 min1957-10-04
The Last Dive
A broken propeller, an internal explosion and damaged instruments plague an outmoded American submarine assigned to attack Jap transports.
Episode 2830 min1957-10-11
The Gar Story
A docudrama about the submarine USS Gar on a secret mission with guerillas during World War II.
Episode 2930 min1957-10-18
The Story of the U.S.S. Flier
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.
Episode 3030 min1957-10-25
The Starfish Came Home
Enemy bombers attack the U.S.S. Starfish, and a hatch cover sticks as it attempts to submerge.
Episode 3130 min1957-11-01
The Sealion Story
A damaged sub surfaces to attack a fleet of Japanese destroyers.
Episode 3230 min1957-11-08
The Nautilus Story
The Nautilus is assigned to observation duty at Tarawa and caught between U.S. and Japanese fire.
Episode 3330 min1957-11-15
Hit 'Em Again, Harder
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.
Episode 3430 min1957-11-22
The Seashark Story
A photographer's mate is frightened by his assignment - to photograph submarines in action. The crew helps to make things unpleasant.
Episode 3530 min1957-11-29
The Tshushima Straits Story
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.
Episode 3630 min1957-12-06
The Searaven
A U.S. sub becomes a sitting duck to save Australian soldiers from Timor Island.
Episode 3730 min1957-12-13
The Tang's Last Shot
The USS Tang, after sinking an entire convoy, gets in the way of her own torpedo.
Episode 3830 min1957-12-20
The Loss of the Perch
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. "
Episode 3930 min1957-12-27
The Guardfish
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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