Thankyou for putting this up. My Father was in B-29's, his plane ditched into the Pacific after getting shot up by Flak. The USS Sunfish rescued him and his entire crew within an hour of going into the water.

I never tire of these informative and interesting stories of the Silent Service. My hat is off to Submariners of all Ages.

My absolute admiration goes out to all the men that served on these subs . Those guys must have had nerves of steel . They are all heroes to me .

Thanks. I watched these as a kid. Way different perspective now. Again, thank you.

WHO in the world would vote a thumbs down on one of these movies ???? and now WHY would someone vote a thumbs down on one of these movies ????

as a medic in an infantry unit in the army, i can sympathize with the captain on not getting any sleep

Sub Captains never seem to sleep. I always hated doing the morning report because it required you to wake up the Capt and I knew he did not get much sleep. However at 0600 he got his report not a min early and not a min late.

To the commenters who think the guests and host interviews are awkward/odd/stiff, etc: I see many ppl comment about how strange/stiff/odd/etc. the way the guests speak at the end of the show. Just wanted to say that it's plain to see they're reading off que-cards that are being show to them off-screen, which is also why their facing of Admiral Tom looks awkward as well. It's because both the Admiral AND the guests are looking PAST one another, to off-screen que-cards, to READ out loud their questions/answers. Hell, you can even ssee the guests eyes following the lines if you look close enough sometimes. Just wanted to put that out there for ya'll..... I see a lot of comments about it, and I thought it was plain to see they were reading off the cards, but... since it isn't I hope that helps some of you understand why the end of show interviews seem awkward. It's beacause they are SCRIPTED.... Thanks for reading tot he end, if you made it this far, apologies for being long winded lol.

Veteran film, TV, and stage actor Arthur Franz portrayed Cdr Shelby. His film credits include The Caine Mutiny, Eight Iron Men, Sands of Iwo Jima, and Invaders from Mars. During WWII he served as a B-24 navigator, was shot down, and became a POW in Romania. He later successfully escaped. He passed away in 2006 and the age of 86.

Excellent documentary series. Brave men!

My fondest Navy drills were the Muff dive drills and having a clean uninspected weapon upon completion of such drills. CVN65 1982 - 2009

The U.S. Navy rotated out 1/3 of the crew after each patrol and assigned them to new subs. That way any new sub went out with at least some experienced crew.

These are great. Memories from my childhood. Thanks.

Think I've watched every episode. I play a game called "Silent Hunter 4, Wolves of the Pacific". 2 huge maps on my wall above the computer desk. One shows all the Japanese shipping lanes. The other Japanese War and Merchant ships. I retired Army 1SG in 2002. Played in the big Sandbox on 2 Deployments from Germany. One as the acting CSM for a PATRIOT Taskforce. I respect what these fine Sailors did.😎

This is an interesting story. My view is the captain should have given his XO more leeway to prowl the boat looking for minor fixes with a torch while he guaranteed he was more alert by crashing. As a major I once awoke my exhausted boss with a situation in a major exercise. I briefed him in detail and he made a decision to the exact opposite of my recommendation. I had a good relationship with him and told him he made bad decisions when tired. It turned out to be a bad decision and years later when he was promoted to commanding a brigade, he told me that he always remembered my comment and got necessary rest. As a brigade commander I took a helicopter off to get an hour's snooze now and again. Helped when the action went for days and rest was not possible.

The men of this documentary showcase what America used to be. God willing, may we be this humble, righteous,, and willing to serve the severance of weakness in our culture. I quess the pain of war is a remedy.

This Captain is an example of the reason that Chief Officers/Executive Officers are Command Grade. This is a classic example of failure to delegate authority. The very reason that Bridge Resource Management courses are now required.

What Submarine was it that sailed all the way back to Pearl Harbor not only shot up by Japanese planes but also fought off like 3 patrol boats? The sub went hunting in a harbor filled with Japanese shipping and war ships exhausted every torpedo and just about every gun rounds it had. Then destroyer chased it too which took up every last round on board... I cannot remember my thee name grand father told me... It was an early built sub and was mostly useless after getting shredded. I believe North Dakota and another destroyer brought it home with several dead on board... Let me know folks because I am not forgiving myself for forgetting. As a matter of fact one of my late grand fathers neighbors John Minrovik was on that sub.

i was surprised to see Richard Damms name, i dont know where he lives, but i went to school with a Mike Damm in Oregon in the 60s

Great !!!

fantastic

Sounds like they were attacked by every form of aquatic mammals except whales.

It was interesting that we were shipping supplies to Russia through Japanese controlled waters.

Richard...did they make a "USS Drum Story"? She is on display at Mobile, AL

Sold for scrap, 15 December 1960

When battle stations is sounded......... do sleeping crewmembers just remain in their bunk ? Or over crowd every battle station ?

Too funny how they smoke on a submarine. LOL

Dad was a ww2 Pacific vet. Served on the u.s.s. John d. Henley ( dd-553 ). He had high regards for those submariners. He said. "Tough sharp guys ".

This modern technology has come up with some of the worst mispells I've ever made.

It's easy to see why the XO officer's hair is snow white: STRESS.

Where is the "Sea of Archives"? I have searched the internet, but can't find anything on it.

USS torsk is there a video of that submarine

Long Live Mush Morton the Submarine Mafia agent....

So what was the cause of the mysterious blasts...Godzilla?

Probably mentioned a zillion times by now but something always troubles me with this series. When the captain looks through his scope and say you look straight forward at AFT torp... and the captain is looking totally 270 or 90 and says "fire"... I can't help but to think something's wrong. For a sub to fire either front or rear torps, the sub's front must face the targets or face where is it expected the targets will be and the same applies for rear torps. Looking at 270 and taking measurements and saying "fire"... I can't help but to think this isn't right.

Were their any black submariners during ww two