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Advisor to U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander on submarine matters
Military unit
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.
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 .
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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.
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Submarines and Units
These are the submarines and related units reporting to COMSUBPAC.
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Bremerton, Washington
Bangor, Washington
Commander, Submarine Group 9 (COMSUBGRU Nine)
Commander, Submarine Development Squadron 5 (COMSUBDEVRON Five)
San Diego, California
Western Pacific
Commander, Submarine Group 7 (COMSUBGRU Seven) (Yokosuka, Japan)
Commander, Submarine Squadron 21 (COMSUBRON TWENTY ONE) (Bahrain)
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Officers Serving as COMSUBPAC
The following is an incomplete list:
Rear Admiral
Wilhelm L. Friedell , 1939–1941
Rear Admiral
Thomas Withers, Jr. , 1941–May 1942
[15]
Rear Admiral
Robert H. English , May 1942–20 January 1943 (killed in an aircraft accident)
Captain
John H. "Babe" Brown (
pro tem ), 20 Jan 1943–1943
Vice Admiral
Charles A. Lockwood , 1943–1946
Rear Admiral
Allan Rockwell McCann , 1946–1948
Rear Admiral
Oswald S. Colclough , 1948–1949
Rear Admiral
John H. "Babe" Brown , 1949–1951
Rear Admiral
Charles B. "Swede" Momsen , 1951–1953
Rear Admiral
George L. Russell , 1953–1955
Rear Admiral
Leon J. Huffman , 1955–1956
Rear Admiral
Elton W. "Joe" Grenfell , 1956–1959†
Rear Admiral
William E. "Pete" Ferrall , 1959–1960†
Rear Admiral
Roy S. "Ensign" Benson , 1960–1962†
Rear Admiral
Bernard A. "Chick" Clarey , 1962–1964†
Rear Admiral
Eugene B. "Lucky" Fluckey , 1964–1966†
Rear Admiral
John H. Maurer , 1966–1968†
Rear Admiral
Walter L. Small , 1968–1970†
Rear Admiral
Paul L. Lacy, Jr. , 1970–1972 (Last WW2 submarine skipper in the job)
Rear Admiral
Frank D. McMullen , 1972-1975
Rear Admiral
Charles H. Griffiths , 1975-1977
Rear Admiral
William J. Cowhill , 1977-1979
Rear Admiral
Nils R. Thunman , 1979-1981
Rear Admiral
Bernard M. Kauderer , 1981-1983
Rear Admiral
Austin B. Scott, Jr. , 1983-1985
Rear Admiral
James N. Darby , 1985-1987
Rear Admiral
Ralph W. West, Jr. , 1987-1987
Rear Admiral
James G. Reynolds , 1987-1989
Rear Admiral
Michael C. Colley , 1989-1991
Rear Admiral
Henry C. McKinney , 1991-1993
Rear Admiral
Jon M. Barr , 1993-1996
Rear Admiral
Winford G. Ellis , 1996-1998
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Rear Admiral
Albert H. Konetzni, Jr. , 1998-2001
Rear Admiral
John B. Padgett, III , 2001-2003
Rear Admiral
Paul F. Sullivan , 2003-2005
Rear Admiral
Jeffrey B. Cassias , 2005-2006
Rear Admiral
Joseph A. Walsh , 2006-2008
Rear Admiral
Douglas J. McAneny , 2008–2010
Rear Admiral
James F. Caldwell, Jr. , 2010–2013
Rear Admiral
Phillip G. Sawyer , 2013–2015
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Rear Admiral
Frederick J. Roegge , 2015–2017
Rear Admiral
Daryl Caudle , 2017–2019
Rear Admiral
Blake L. Converse , 2019–2021
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Rear Admiral
Jeffrey T. Jablon , 2021–2023
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Rear Admiral
Richard E. Seif Jr. , 2023–present
† Wartime submarine skipper
See also
References
This article incorporates text from the
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .
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"COMSUBPAC About Us" . U.S. Navy. Archived from
the original on 2011-06-01. Retrieved August 22, 2010 .
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"COMSUBPAC About Us" . U.S. Navy. Archived from
the original on 2011-06-01. Retrieved August 22, 2010 .
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"COMSUBPAC Submarines" . U.S. Navy. Archived from
the original on 2012-01-31. Retrieved September 11, 2015 .
^ Staff reports.
"USS Missouri arrives at new home port at Pearl Harbor" . stltoday.com . Retrieved 2019-11-15 .
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"USS Illinois Arrives in Pearl Harbor in Time for Thanksgiving" . Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet . Retrieved 2019-11-15 .
^ Affairs, Navy Region Hawaii Public.
"Pearl Harbor welcomes USS Chicago to new homeport" . www.cpf.navy.mil . Retrieved 2019-11-15 .
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"Submarines | Commander, Submarine Squadron 7 | CSS-7 | COMSUBPAC" . www.csp.navy.mil . Retrieved 2021-11-01 .
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"USS Bremerton Departs Pearl Harbor for Final Time" . Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet . Retrieved 2019-11-15 .
^ 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 . {{
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"USS Louisiana, last of the ballistic missile submarine fleet, to begin refueling at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard" . Kitsap Sun . Retrieved 2019-11-15 .
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"Deep Submergence Unit Shifts ISIC, Changes Name" . U.S. Navy. June 16, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2015 .
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"Submarine Group 7" . COMSUPPAC. Retrieved 14 April 2016 .
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"Los Angeles-class submarine USS Asheville completes homeport change to Guam" . Naval Today . 14 December 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-15 .
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"Naval Ocean Processing Facility Whidbey Island WA" . Commander, Undersea Surveillance (CUS) . U.S. Navy. Retrieved June 29, 2012 .
^ 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.
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"Faculty - Naval Postgraduate School" .
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"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 .
^ Hinton, MC1 Danial; Pacific, Submarine Force.
"Pacific Submarine Force welcomes new commander" . www.cpf.navy.mil . Retrieved 2019-11-15 . {{
cite web }}
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link )
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"Rear Admiral Jeffrey T. Jablon, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet" . www.csp.navy.mil . Retrieved 2021-05-02 .
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