Patrol Reports
Podcast stories from the US Navy Submarine Force - 1900 to today
Brought to you by the Bremerton Base of United States Submarine Veterans, Inc
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 18
- Years Active
- 2025
41 Cold War Sentinels - USS Von Steuben SSBN-632
The USS Von Steuben was one of the silent sentinels of the Cold War, a ballistic missile submarine built not to fight battles but to prevent them. Commissioned in 1964, she carried her crews into the…
USS Guavina’s Fierce Attack - September 15, 1944
On September 15, 1944, the crew of USS Guavina found themselves staring down the kind of target submariners rarely got a shot at. Anchored tight in Sarangani Strait was a Japanese light cruiser, sitt…
Growlers Legendary Down-the-Throat Torpedo Attack of September 12, 1944
On September 12, 1944, the USS Growler and her crew faced one of the most extraordinary days in submarine history. Operating as part of a wolf pack in the waters between Formosa and Luzon, Growler fo…
A Cold War Legacy and 21st Century Vanguard: USS Michigan
This episode takes us beneath the surface, into the hidden world of one of the Navy’s most formidable submarines. USS Michigan was commissioned on September 11, 1982, as part of the Ohio class, carry…
The Turtle vs. HMS Eagle: America’s First Submarine Attack in the Revolutionary War
Special Guests Lena and Graham from the Patrol Reports Podcast join us today to talk about the first US Submarine attack in history… during the Revolutionary War…
On the night of September 7, 1776, Ne…
USS Paddle and the Tragedy of Shinyo Maru
Welcome to another episode of Patrol Reports, where we bring you the stories of the Silent Service in World War II. Today we follow the USS Paddle on patrol during the first week of September 1944, a…
The Silent Prowler and the Submarine School Graduate: USS Cod’s War Patrols 2 and 3 through the Eyes of Calvin Baker
The USS Cod was one of the Silent Service’s proud hunters in World War II, a steel prowler built to stalk and sink the ships that kept Japan’s war machine alive. Commissioned in June of 1943, she qui…
USS S-5: The Sunken Submarine That Cheated Death off Cape May
Welcome back to Patrol Reports. Today we’re taking you back to September 1, 1920, when the brand-new submarine USS S-5 went down off the Delaware Capes in what should have been a routine dive. Thirty…
USS F-4 Raised from the Depths: How the U.S. Navy Salvaged Its First Lost Submarine on August 29, 1915
On August 29, 1915, the U.S. Navy accomplished something no one had ever done before: it raised a lost submarine from the ocean floor. The USS F-4, a pioneer of America’s early undersea fleet, had su…
USS Queenfish at the North Pole: Captain Jim Harvey Recalls the 1985 Arctic Submarine Mission
Welcome to Patrol Reports, stories from the history of the United States Submarine Force, brought to you by the United States Submarine Veterans Bremerton Base. On this episode, we journey north—far …
USS Guitarro’s Moonlit Victory: The Surface Gun Attack and Sinking of Nanshin Maru No. 27 off Cape Calavite, August 27, 1944
On August 27, 1944, the USS Guitarro found herself in the thick of Japan’s desperate effort to keep its supply lines open in the Philippines. By that stage of the war, large tankers and freighters we…
The Routine of Torpedo Offloads and Berth Shifts in San Diego: USS Queenfish , August 1958
In the summer of 1958, the USS Queenfish was not chasing enemy shipping or slipping through Pacific patrol zones. Instead, she was tied up in San Diego Harbor, carrying out the routine but necessary …
USS Ronquil’s First War Patrol: Convoy Battles off Formosa, August 1944
In late August of 1944, USS Ronquil, a brand-new Balao-class submarine, made her first serious mark in the Pacific war. After weeks of drills, training, and shakedowns, the crew finally got their cha…
USS Batfish and the Velasco Reef Strike, August 23, 1944
The USS Batfish (SS-310) earned her reputation later in the war as the submarine that destroyed three enemy subs in just three days, a record that still stands. But before that legendary patrol, Batf…
The Deep Peril: Submarine Disasters and the Urgent Quest for Safety in 1928
In 1928, the submarine force found itself caught between tragedy and transformation. The year opened with the lingering sorrow of the USS S-4, lost after colliding with the Coast Guard destroyer Paul…
The Water Wolf - USS Muskallunge at Camranh Bay
Welcome to Patrol Reports, where we share stories from the history of the United States Submarine Force. Today we turn to USS Muskallunge, a Gato-class submarine whose name came from the legendary mu…
Damaged But Deadly: USS Gar (SS-206) and the Action of August 20, 1943
On August 20, 1943, the submarine USS Gar went to battle carrying more than torpedoes. She carried damage. Earlier that day, she struck a floating log that bent her port screw and left her nearly cri…
The Destruction of Convoy Hi-71: USS Bluefish (SS-222) and the Night of August 19, 1944
August 19, 1944. On that night, Bluefish would slip into history. Alongside USS Rasher, she fell upon one of the last great Japanese convoys, a lumbering mass of ships carrying men, supplies, and hop…