The Silent Service
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First Air DateApr 05, 1957
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Original titleThe Silent Service
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ReleaseApr 05, 1957
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Overview
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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Season 1 ( 1957-04-05)
The Jack at Tokyo
The Trout at the Rainbow's End
The End of the Line
The Sculpin Story
The Spearfish Delivers
The U.S.S. Bergall's Dilemma
The U.S.S. Batfish Scores
The U.S.S. Tigrone Sets a Record
The Five-Ring Circus
The U.S.S. Pampanito Story
The U.S.S. Tirante Plays a Hunch
The U.S.S. Tang vs. Truk
The Wahoo Story
The Two Davids and Goliath
The Ordeal of S-38
The Seahorse Story
The Salmon Swims Upstream
Cargo for Crevalle
Boomerang
The Squailfish
The Grouper Story
The Eyes of the Seawolf
The Sea Dragon Story
The Narwhal's Passenger from Mindanao
The Perch's New Role
The Final War Patrol
The Last Dive
The Gar Story
The Story of the U.S.S. Flier
The Starfish Came Home
The Sealion Story
The Nautilus Story
Hit 'Em Again, Harder
The Seashark Story
The Tshushima Straits Story
The Searaven
The Tang's Last Shot
The Loss of the Perch
The Guardfish
Season 2 ( 1958-03-07)
The Archerfish Spits Straight
The Sea Devil Attacks Puget Sound
The Bergall's Revenge
The Unsuccessful Patrol
The Story of the U.S.S. Aspro
The Thresher Story
The Ugly Duckling
Peto Plucks Some Chickens
The S-38 Story
Incident Down South
Mine for Keeps
Fish Out of Water
The U.S.S. Cod's Lost Boarding Party
The Triton's Christmas
The Hawkbill's Revenge
The Tigershark
The Cavalla Story
The Growler's Captain
The U.S.S. Tinosa Story
The Grayling Story
The S-44 Story
The Pargo's Lucky Seventh
The Crevalle's Mine Plant
The Sunfish Story
The Sunfish's Cook
The Nautilus and the Nuns
The Sandshark Story
Operation Seadragon
The Harder at Woleai
The Tautog Story
The Swordfish Story
The Gabilan Story
The Gato Story
The Silversides Story
The Bowfin Story
Royal Submarines
The Squalus Story
Seanettle vs U-Boat
U-47 in Scapa Flow
