The Silent Service: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Silent Service Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Archerfish Spits Straight
Mar 7, 1958
Submarine Commander questions his own judgment and beaches himself in administrative duty. He returns to sea and commands another sub to sink one of the biggest warship prizes of t
The Sea Devil Attacks Puget Sound
Mar 14, 1958
US Submarine vs US ASW group consisting of Destroyers and aircraft in a Cold War era war game. Who will win the competition?
The Bergall's Revenge
Mar 21, 1958
Follows the beginning of the Bergall's third war patrol to Lombok strait. The highlight of the patrol is to use the new "cutie" torpedo to eliminate escorts that threaten US subs p
The Unsuccessful Patrol
Mar 28, 1958
S boats were early and older US subs. S34 was sent into Kiska, Alaska after Japan invaded. She barely survived. Nothing sunk, but she survived.
The Story of the U.S.S. Aspro
Apr 4, 1958
US subs provided lifeguard duty. Saving downed allied pilots. The USS Aspro did that just outside Tokyo, Japan in Aug. 1945 at great risk to all aboard.
The Thresher Story
Apr 11, 1958
Torpedo test goes wrong and fired with the outer door still closed. It has to be disarmed or boom. Thresher adds a 5" gun for surface action in 42. US Torpedoes were bad at that ti
Peto Plucks Some Chickens
Apr 25, 1958
This episode starts with the New CO borrowing uniforms from one of his officers in San Fran. The Story ends with that JO resigning to be a priest. Plenty of soul saving in between
The S-38 Story
May 2, 1958
During the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies the S-38 attempts to rescue survivors from a British destroyer. She rescued 58 Royal sailors from the HMS Electra which had be
Incident Down South
May 9, 1958
In early 1942, the USS Tarpon is in bad shape. Then bad turns to worse when she is grounded on an uncharted reef. Can the ship float free in time to avoid the nearby Japanese?
Mine for Keeps
May 16, 1958
When the Navy learns that Japanese freighters are hugging the coast of Japan in order to evade US submarines, the Trigger is sent to the area to lay mines to force Japanese shippin
Fish Out of Water
May 23, 1958
The USS Baya operates in cooperation with Navy patrol planes in the South China Sea.
The U.S.S. Cod's Lost Boarding Party
May 30, 1958
The USS Cod boarding party was stranded for 52 hours on a Japanese junk before they could be rescued.
The Triton's Christmas
Jun 6, 1958
The Triton wardroom and torpedomen ensure a good Christmas is had by all.
The Hawkbill's Revenge
Jun 13, 1958
The skipper of the USS Hawkbill vows revenge when a Japanese minelayer sinks the USS Lagarto.
The Tigershark
Jun 20, 1958
Tigershark sights an enemy task force. The skipper has to make a decision: Follow orders and leave the area or surface and radio headquarters. His decision leads to one of his sail
The Cavalla Story
Jun 29, 1958
On her first war patrol in June of 1944, the USS Cavala's captain obeys orders despite a tempting target. His disciplined conduct sets up the great American victory of "The Mariana
The Growler's Captain
Jul 6, 1958
A submarine captain sacrifices himself for the safety of his ship and crew.
The U.S.S. Tinosa Story
Jul 13, 1958
This was Operation Barney where 9 US Subs entered the Sea of Japan in June 45. They were the "Hellcats" squadron. They wreaked havoc on Japanese ships with the loss of only 1 sub.
The Grayling Story
Jul 20, 1958
A Lucky hat and a whale of a tale that contribute to an evasion.
The S-44 Story
Jul 27, 1958
A renovated 18-year-old sub is sent to sink a Japanese cruiser.
The Pargo's Lucky Seventh
Aug 1, 1958
On her seventh war patrol, the USS Pargo gets an assignment to land Australian commandos on one of the Paracel Islands.
The Crevalle's Mine Plant
Aug 8, 1958
Laying mines off the Japanese-held harbor of Saigon was a tough job at best; but, with one of your own mines stuck in the torpedo tube and an enemy destroyer closing fast, it was a
The Sunfish Story
Aug 15, 1958
The U.S.S. Sunfish endures 186 depth charges released by Japanese surface craft.
The Sunfish's Cook
Aug 22, 1958
Fed up with his routine chores in the gallery, the cook of the USS Sunfish, Teddy Aldridge, requests an active combat station for the next engagement with the enemy. The ship's exe
The Nautilus and the Nuns
Aug 29, 1958
Fourteen nuns escape from the Solomon Islands in the U.S.S. Nautilus.
The Sandshark Story
Sep 5, 1958
American submarine is sent to rescue missionaries from Japanese held island, but one does not want to leave.
Operation Seadragon
Sep 12, 1958
Appendectomy. No doctor. No surgical supplies. But American Submariners get the job done -- even as depth charges explode nearby.
The Harder at Woleai
Sep 19, 1958
Extensive effort to rescue a downed pilot off enemy held island beach from a reef. Early success versus an enemy destroyer. CDR Samuel D Dealey commanding.
The Tautog Story
Sep 26, 1958
USS Tautog was at Pearl Dec. 7th, 1941. She sank 26 Jap ships equating to 72,606 tons by the end of the war. She had one of the best records in WWII.
The Swordfish Story
Oct 3, 1958
USS Swordfish travels to the Lembeh Straits on Celebes to discover how an Imperial Japanese air base is being supplied.
The Gabilan Story
Oct 10, 1958
Submarine risks Japanese shore batteries to rescue downed airman less than a mile off coast of Japan. Then USN destroyers mistake submarine for Japanese ship. Galivan evades multip
The Gato Story
Oct 17, 1958
The captain of the USS Gato plays a hunch (or is it something more than a mere "hunch"?) to rescue downed American airmen.
The Silversides Story
Oct 24, 1958
An egocentric young torpedoman matures as he his shaped by the harsh realities of submarine combat.
Royal Submarines
Nov 7, 1958
A British sub commander in the Mediterranean intercepts enemy supply boats.
The Squalus Story
Nov 14, 1958
USS Squalus sinks off of New Hampshire in 1939. New rescue equipment is used to rescue half of the crew.
Seanettle vs U-Boat
Nov 21, 1958
American submarine skillfully tracks and engages a German U-Boat that is headed for Japan.
U-47 in Scapa Flow
Nov 28, 1958
On 14 October 1939, Gunther Prien penetrated the Royal Navy's primary base at Scapa Flow where he torpedoed and sank the battleship Royal Oak and returned home to instant fame.