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Season 1

Season 1

5 avril 1957·39 épisodes·19h 30min
Synopsis

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.

Épisodes · 39
E1

The Jack at Tokyo

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

30min·5 avr. 1957
E2

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.

30min·12 avr. 1957
E3

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.

30min·17 avr. 1957
E4

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.

30min·26 avr. 1957
E5

The Spearfish Delivers

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

30min·3 mai 1957
E6

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.

30min·10 mai 1957
E7

The U.S.S. Batfish Scores

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

30min·17 mai 1957
E8

The U.S.S. Tigrone Sets a Record

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

30min·6 juin 1957
E9

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.

30min·27 juin 1957
E10

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.

30min·7 juin 1957
E11

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.

30min·14 juin 1957
E12

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.

30min·21 juin 1957
E13

The Wahoo Story

The final mission of the USS Wahoo.

30min·28 juin 1957
E14

The Two Davids and Goliath

Darter and Dace during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

30min·5 juil. 1957
E15

The Ordeal of S-38

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

30min·12 juil. 1957
E16

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.

30min·19 juil. 1957
E17

The Salmon Swims Upstream

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

30min·26 juil. 1957
E18

Cargo for Crevalle

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

30min·2 août 1957
E19

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.

30min·9 août 1957
E20

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.

30min·16 août 1957
E21

The Grouper Story

Prior to the invasion, the USS Grouper transports Australian raiders and their native guides to a hidden cove on New Britain.

30min·23 août 1957
E22

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.

30min·30 août 1957
E23

The Sea Dragon Story

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

30min·6 sept. 1957
E24

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.

30min·13 sept. 1957
E25

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.

30min·20 sept. 1957
E26

The Final War Patrol

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

30min·27 sept. 1957
E27

The Last Dive

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

30min·4 oct. 1957
E28

The Gar Story

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

30min·11 oct. 1957
E29

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.

30min·18 oct. 1957
E30

The Starfish Came Home

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

30min·25 oct. 1957
E31

The Sealion Story

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

30min·1 nov. 1957
E32

The Nautilus Story

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

30min·8 nov. 1957
E33

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.

30min·15 nov. 1957
E34

The Seashark Story

A photographer's mate is frightened by his assignment - to photograph submarines in action. The crew helps to make things unpleasant.

30min·22 nov. 1957
E35

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.

30min·29 nov. 1957
E36

The Searaven

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

30min·6 déc. 1957
E37

The Tang's Last Shot

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

30min·13 déc. 1957
E38

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. "

30min·20 déc. 1957
E39

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.

30min·27 déc. 1957