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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Hosted by Rear Admiral Thomas Dykers, THE SILENT SERVICE was an early TV show that showcased the activity of the U.S. Navy's submarine force in WWII. This episode THE JACK AT TOKYO served as the show's pilot, and tells the story of the USS Jack's sixth war patrol. During this patrol, Jack was damaged while making an attack against a Japanese convoy. Spoiler alert: the boat commanded during the attack ... by none other than Dykers. USS Jack (SS-259) was a Gato-class submarine, her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut 2 February 1942. Jack's operations during the Pacific War are chronicled in Silent Running: My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine. To start the sixth war patrol shown in the episode, the submarine sailed from Fremantle 6 August 1944 to the Celebes Sea. Attacking a convoy 29 August, she sank a small minesweeper (Min
