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Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

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The Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC) is the principal advisor to the Commander, United States Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT) for submarine matters. The Pacific Submarine Force (SUBPAC) includes attack, ballistic missile and auxiliary submarines, submarine tenders, floating submarine docks, deep submergence vehicles and submarine rescue vehicles throughout the Pacific.

Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
COMSUBPAC Emblem
Active1914-Present
CountryUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Navy
TypeType Commander
RoleAdvisory
Garrison/HQPearl Harbor
Commanders
Current
commander		Rear Admiral Richard E. Seif Jr.

The Force provides anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, precision land strike, mine warfare, intelligence, surveillance and early warning and special warfare capabilities to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and strategic deterrence capabilities to the U.S. Strategic Command.[1]

COMSUBPAC's mission is to provide the training, logistical plans, manpower and operational plans and support and tactical development necessary to maintain the ability of the Force to respond to both peacetime and wartime demands.[2]

Submarines and Units edit

These are the submarines and related units reporting to COMSUBPAC. [3]

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii edit

Commander, Submarine Squadron 1 (COMSUBRON One) edit

Commander, Submarine Squadron 7 (COMSUBRON Seven) edit

Bremerton, Washington edit

  • Priority Material Office

Bangor, Washington edit

Commander, Submarine Group 9 (COMSUBGRU Nine) edit

Commander, Submarine Squadron 17 (COMSUBRON Seventeen) edit

Commander, Submarine Squadron 19 (COMSUBRON Nineteen) edit

Commander, Submarine Development Squadron 5 (COMSUBDEVRON Five) edit

San Diego, California edit

Commander, Submarine Squadron 11 (COMSUBRON Eleven) edit

Western Pacific edit

Commander, Submarine Group 7 (COMSUBGRU Seven) (Yokosuka, Japan) edit

Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 (COMSUBRON Fifteen) (Guam) edit

Commander, Submarine Squadron 21 (COMSUBRON TWENTY ONE) (Bahrain) edit

Virginia Beach, Virginia edit

Officers Serving as COMSUBPAC edit

The following is an incomplete list:

† Wartime submarine skipper

See also edit

References edit

  • Blair, Clay (March 2001). Silent victory: the U.S. submarine war against Japan. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-217-X. (Google books online preview)

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

  1. ^ "COMSUBPAC About Us". U.S. Navy. Archived from the original on 2011-06-01. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  2. ^ "COMSUBPAC About Us". U.S. Navy. Archived from the original on 2011-06-01. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  3. ^ "COMSUBPAC Submarines". U.S. Navy. Archived from the original on 2012-01-31. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  4. ^ Staff reports. "USS Missouri arrives at new home port at Pearl Harbor". stltoday.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  5. ^ "USS Illinois Arrives in Pearl Harbor in Time for Thanksgiving". Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  6. ^ Affairs, Navy Region Hawaii Public. "Pearl Harbor welcomes USS Chicago to new homeport". www.cpf.navy.mil. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  7. ^ "Submarines | Commander, Submarine Squadron 7 | CSS-7 | COMSUBPAC". www.csp.navy.mil. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  8. ^ "USS Bremerton Departs Pearl Harbor for Final Time". Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  9. ^ Affairs, This story was written by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amanda R. Gray, Commander, Submarine Group 9 Public. "USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) Arrives in Bremerton for Decommissioning". www.navy.mil. Retrieved 2019-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "USS Louisiana, last of the ballistic missile submarine fleet, to begin refueling at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  11. ^ "Deep Submergence Unit Shifts ISIC, Changes Name". U.S. Navy. June 16, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  12. ^ "Submarine Group 7". COMSUPPAC. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  13. ^ "Los Angeles-class submarine USS Asheville completes homeport change to Guam". Naval Today. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  14. ^ "Naval Ocean Processing Facility Whidbey Island WA". Commander, Undersea Surveillance (CUS). U.S. Navy. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  15. ^ On 7 December, COMSUBPAC was Admiral Thomas Withers, Jr., who relieved Wilhelm L. Friedell that fall. Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory (New York: Bantam, 1976), pp.83 & 223.
  16. ^ "Faculty - Naval Postgraduate School".
  17. ^ "Pacific Submarine Force Holds Change of Command". U.S. Navy. September 3, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  18. ^ Hinton, MC1 Danial; Pacific, Submarine Force. "Pacific Submarine Force welcomes new commander". www.cpf.navy.mil. Retrieved 2019-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ "Rear Admiral Jeffrey T. Jablon, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet". www.csp.navy.mil. Retrieved 2021-05-02.

External links edit

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