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Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
COMSUBPAC Emblem
Active	1914-Present
Country	United States of America
Type	Type Commander
Garrison/HQ	Pearl Harbor
Commanders
Current commander	Rear Admiral Frank Caldwell Jr.^[1]

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. Pacific and strategic deterrence capabilities to the U.S. Strategic Command.^[2]

Mission [edit]

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.^[3]

Submarines and Units [edit]

These are the submarines and related units reporting to COMSUBPAC. ^[4]

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii [edit]

Commander, Submarine Squadron 1 (COMSUBRON One) [edit]

Commander, Submarine Squadron 3 [edit]

Per OPNAVNOTE 5400 Ser DNS-33/11U228579 of 10 Oct 2011, Submarine Squadron 3 has inactivated in accordance with POM-12 efficiencies. IAW OPNAV Notice 5400.2001 (5 Jan 2012), submarines have been reallocated as follows:^[5]

Commander, Submarine Squadron 1

Commander, Submarine Squadron 7

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]

Guam [edit]

Commander,Submarine Group 7 (COMSUBGRU Seven) [edit]

Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 (COMSUBRON Fifteen) [edit]

Virginia Beach, Virginia [edit]

Commander, Undersea Surveillance
Naval Ocean Processing Facility Whidbey Island, Washington^[6]
Integrated Undersea Surveillance System Operational Support Center Little Creek, Virginia

Officers Serving as COMSUBPAC [edit]

The following is an incomplete list:

Rear Admiral Wilhelm Lee Friedell, 1939–1941
Rear Admiral Thomas Withers, Jr., 1941–May 1942
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
Rear Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, 1943–1946
Rear Admiral Allan R. 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. 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 C. H. Griffiths, 1975-1977
Rear Admiral W. J. Cowhill, 1977-1979
Rear Admiral N. R. Thunman, 1979-1981
Rear Admiral B. M. Kauderer, 1981-1983
Rear Admiral Austin B. Scott, Jr., 1983-1985
Rear Admiral J. N. Darby, 1985-1987
Rear Admiral R. W. West, Jr., 1987-1987
Rear Admiral J. G. Reynolds, 1987-1989
Rear Admiral M. C. Colley, 1989-1991
Rear Admiral H. M. McKinney, 1991-1993
Rear Admiral J. M. Barr, 1993-1996
Rear Admiral W. G. Ellis, 1996-1998
Rear Admiral Al 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 Frank Caldwell Jr., 2010–present

^† Wartime submarine skipper

During World War II, one of the myriad submarine units in the Pacific Fleet was the Submarine Repair Training Unit, Pacific, (SubTraPac) headquartered at San Diego, California. SubTraPac was the result of a merger with Submarine Repair Unit at San Diego, California.

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.

^ "Pacific Submarine Force Changes Command". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
^ "COMSUBPAC About Us". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
^ "COMSUBPAC About Us". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
^ "COMSUBPAC Submarines". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
^ http://doni.daps.dla.mil/Directives/05000%20General%20Management%20Security%20and%20Safety%20Services/05-400%20Organization%20and%20Functional%20Support%20Services/5400.2001.pdf
^ "Naval Ocean Processing Facility Whidbey Island WA". Commander, Undersea Surveillance (CUS). U.S. Navy. Retrieved 2012-06-29.

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