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Active
  
1914-Present

Garrison/HQ
  
Pearl Harbor

Type
  
Type Commander

COMSUBPAC

Country
  
United States of America

Current commander
  
Rear Admiral Frederick J. Roegge

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.

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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 Command and strategic deterrence capabilities to the U.S. Strategic Command.

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.

Submarines and Units

These are the submarines and related units reporting to COMSUBPAC.

Commander, Submarine Squadron 1 (COMSUBRON One)

  • USS Bremerton (SSN-698)
  • USS Jacksonville (SSN-699)
  • USS Buffalo (SSN-715)
  • USS Jefferson City (SSN-759)
  • USS Charlotte (SSN-766)
  • USS Greeneville (SSN-772)
  • USS Texas (SSN-775)
  • USS Hawaii (SSN-776)
  • USS North Carolina (SSN-777)
  • USS Mississippi (SSN-782)

    • Commander, Submarine Squadron 7 (COMSUBRON Seven)

  • USS Olympia (SSN-717)
  • USS Louisville (SSN-724)
  • USS Columbus (SSN-762)
  • USS Santa Fe (SSN-763)
  • USS Tucson (SSN-770)
  • USS Columbia (SSN-771)
  • USS Cheyenne (SSN-773)

    • Bremerton, Washington

  • Priority Material Office

    • Commander, Submarine Squadron 17 (COMSUBRON Seventeen)

  • USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730)
  • USS Alabama (SSBN-731)
  • USS Nevada (SSBN-733)
  • USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735)
  • USS Kentucky (SSBN-737)
  • USS Maine (SSBN-741)
  • USS Louisiana (SSBN-743)

    • Commander, Submarine Squadron 19 (COMSUBRON Nineteen)

  • USS Ohio (SSGN-726)
  • USS Michigan (SSGN-727)
  • USS Nebraska (SSBN-739)

    • Commander, Submarine Development Squadron 5 (COMSUBDEVRON Five)

  • USS Seawolf (SSN-21)
  • USS Connecticut (SSN-22)
  • USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23)

    • San Diego, California

  • Arctic Submarine Laboratory

    • Commander, Submarine Squadron 11 (COMSUBRON Eleven)

  • USS Alexandria (SSN-757)
  • USS San Francisco (SSN-711)
  • USS Pasadena (SSN-752)
  • USS Scranton (SSN-756)
  • USS Hampton (SSN-767)
  • USS Arco (ARDM-5)
  • Undersea Rescue Command

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

  • Responsible for submarines deployed to the Western Pacific, the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean.

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

  • USS Chicago (SSN-721)
  • USS Key West (SSN-722)
  • USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723)
  • USS Topeka (SSN-754)

    • Virginia Beach, Virginia

  • Commander, Undersea Surveillance
  • Naval Ocean Processing Facility Whidbey Island, Washington
  • Integrated Undersea Surveillance System Operational Support Center Little Creek, Virginia

    • Officers Serving as COMSUBPAC

    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
  • 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. 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 William G. Ellis, 1996-1998
  • 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 Frank Caldwell, Jr., 2010–2013
  • Rear Admiral Phillip G. Sawyer, 2013–2015
  • Rear Admiral Frederick J. Roegge, 2015–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

    COMSUBPAC Wikipedia
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