The Silent Service(1957)
Drama
First Air Date: 1957-04-05
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 78
The Silent Service was a 1957–1958 syndicated anthology television series based on actual events in the submarine section of the United States Navy. The Silent Service was narrated by Rear Admiral Thomas M. Dykers, who retired from the Navy in 1949 after twenty-two years of service. He began each episode with this refrain: "Tonight, we bring you another thrilling episode of Silent Service stories, of warfare under the sea." Many of the episodes focused on the history of specific submarines, including: ⁕USS Sculpin ⁕USS Nautilus, the first atomic submarine ⁕USS Perch ⁕USS Tang ⁕USS S-38 ⁕USS Tirante ⁕USS Bergall ⁕USS Spearfish ⁕USS Triton ⁕USS Wahoo, and ⁕USS Gato, subject of the series finale. Actors appearing on The Silent Service included Russell Johnson, cast three times in the role of the character "Beach". DeForest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy appeared in two episodes each as Lieutenant Commander James Dempsey and as Sonarman, respectively. Jerry Paris and Liam Sullivan each guest starred twice. Eric Morris appeared in nineteen episodes identified only as "Soldier". Other guest stars included Joe Conley, Mike Connors, Lawrence Dobkin, Ron Hagerthy, Adam Kennedy, Robert Knapp, Paul Richards, Bing Russell, Craig Stevens, Dennis Weaver and Stuart Whitman.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 39E01
The Jack at Tokyo
Air Date: 1957-04-05
A submarine springs a leak while well into Japanese waters. An engineer takes on the dangerous mission of repairing it.
E02
The Trout at the Rainbow's End
Air Date: 1957-04-12
A docudrama about a mission during World War II by the submarine USS Trout involving transporting a large amount of g...
E03
The End of the Line
Air Date: 1957-04-17
The USS Thresher is caught at the end of a Japanese destroyer's grappling hook and attempts to shake itself loose.
E04
The Sculpin Story
Air Date: 1957-04-26
After a damaged submarine is forced to surface, all hands are ordered by the captain to abandon ship, but he stays ab...
E05
The Spearfish Delivers
Air Date: 1957-05-03
A submarine is ordered to slip into Japanese-occupied Filipino waters to spirit out some important passengers from Co...
E06
The U.S.S. Bergall's Dilemma
Air Date: 1957-05-10
The USS Bergall, which has been badly damaged, is trying to get to port but three Japanese patrol boats are making it...
E07
The U.S.S. Batfish Scores
Air Date: 1957-05-17
The USS Batfish is ordered to intercept some enemy submarines that are carrying very important Japanese officials.
E08
The U.S.S. Tigrone Sets a Record
Air Date: 1957-06-06
A submarine trying to rescue downed American pilots comes under attack from Japanese destroyers.
E09
The Five-Ring Circus
Air Date: 1957-06-27
On the hunt for a Japanese convoy, the crew of the USS Gato discovers that an unexploded enemy depth charge has lande...
E10
The U.S.S. Pampanito Story
Air Date: 1957-06-07
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...
E11
The U.S.S. Tirante Plays a Hunch
Air Date: 1957-06-14
The commander of the submarine USS Tirante may lose his target in the shallow waters of a Japanese-held harbor if he ...
E12
The U.S.S. Tang vs. Truk
Air Date: 1957-06-21
With morale low, USS Tang stands by for rescue downed American pilots during the attack on the Truk islands.
E13
The Wahoo Story
Air Date: 1957-06-28
The final mission of the USS Wahoo.
E14
The Two Davids and Goliath
Air Date: 1957-07-05
Darter and Dace during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
E15
The Ordeal of S-38
Air Date: 1957-07-12
A submarine suffers a series of disasters: a broken prop, damaged instruments and an explosion onboard.
E16
The Seahorse Story
Air Date: 1957-07-19
The USS Seahorse is in big trouble: it's deep in Japanese waters, it's been badly damaged and is in danger of being d...
E17
The Salmon Swims Upstream
Air Date: 1957-07-26
In October of 1944. 100 miles off Japan. Salmon is damaged in a depth charge attack and must remain surfaced.
E18
Cargo for Crevalle
Air Date: 1957-08-02
The crew of the USS Crevalle takes aboard a Filipino woman about to give birth to a baby.
E19
Boomerang
Air Date: 1957-08-09
A sub being hunted by Japanese ships is forced to settle on the bottom of the ocean to escape detection, but it has b...
E20
The Squailfish
Air Date: 1957-08-16
The Squailfish sinks a Japanese escort carrier, but that only seems to be what sets off a string of bad luck that beg...
E21
The Grouper Story
Air Date: 1957-08-23
Prior to the invasion, the USS Grouper transports Australian raiders and their native guides to a hidden cove on New ...
E22
The Eyes of the Seawolf
Air Date: 1957-08-30
When his ship's attempts to sink Japanese shipping fail, a seaman with an interest in photography produces evidence o...
E23
The Sea Dragon Story
Air Date: 1957-09-06
The USS Sea Dragon's oxygen tanks are exhausted. Death by suffocation or enemy gun fire seems inevitable.
E24
The Narwhal's Passenger from Mindanao
Air Date: 1957-09-13
A docudrama about a submarine mission during World War II, the rescue by the USS Narwhal of escaped POW survivors of ...
E25
The Perch's New Role
Air Date: 1957-09-20
A docudrama about the submarine USS Perch on a mission during The Korean War to deliver British Royal Marines on a se...
E26
The Final War Patrol
Air Date: 1957-09-27
Concerns the Gato Class WWII Sub U.S.S. Barb (SS-220) and her Final WWII Patrol.
E27
The Last Dive
Air Date: 1957-10-04
A broken propeller, an internal explosion and damaged instruments plague an outmoded American submarine assigned to a...
E28
The Gar Story
Air Date: 1957-10-11
A docudrama about the submarine USS Gar on a secret mission with guerillas during World War II.
E29
The Story of the U.S.S. Flier
Air Date: 1957-10-18
The successes and the sinking of the USS Flyer and the dozen who survived after 17 hours in the water and then had to...
E30
The Starfish Came Home
Air Date: 1957-10-25
Enemy bombers attack the U.S.S. Starfish, and a hatch cover sticks as it attempts to submerge.
E31
The Sealion Story
Air Date: 1957-11-01
A damaged sub surfaces to attack a fleet of Japanese destroyers.
E32
The Nautilus Story
Air Date: 1957-11-08
The Nautilus is assigned to observation duty at Tarawa and caught between U.S. and Japanese fire.
E33
Hit 'Em Again, Harder
Air Date: 1957-11-15
The Captain of the USS Harder earns the Congressional Medal of Honor by aggressive tactics which sink a record number...
E34
The Seashark Story
Air Date: 1957-11-22
A photographer's mate is frightened by his assignment - to photograph submarines in action. The crew helps to make th...
E35
The Tshushima Straits Story
Air Date: 1957-11-29
At the urging of Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, civilian scientists developed an electronic device that enabled su...
E36
The Searaven
Air Date: 1957-12-06
A U.S. sub becomes a sitting duck to save Australian soldiers from Timor Island.
E37
The Tang's Last Shot
Air Date: 1957-12-13
The USS Tang, after sinking an entire convoy, gets in the way of her own torpedo.
E38
The Loss of the Perch
Air Date: 1957-12-20
The perch starts wwii two engines down and doesn't keep them repaired long. During the opening of the war it suffers ...
E39
The Guardfish
Air Date: 1957-12-27
Action centers around the historic and very successful First War Patrol for the USS Guardfish. There is a side story ...
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