Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
	COMSUBPAC Emblem
Active	1914-Present
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Type Commander
Garrison/HQ	Pearl Harbor
Commanders
Current; commander	Rear Admiral Jeffrey T. Jablon

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.^[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[]

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

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii[]

Commander, Submarine Squadron 1 (COMSUBRON One)[]

Commander, Submarine Squadron 7 (COMSUBRON Seven)[]

Bremerton, Washington[]

Priority Material Office

Bangor, Washington[]

Commander, Submarine Group 9 (COMSUBGRU Nine)[]

Commander, Submarine Squadron 17 (COMSUBRON Seventeen)[]

Commander, Submarine Squadron 19 (COMSUBRON Nineteen)[]

Commander, Submarine Development Squadron 5 (COMSUBDEVRON Five)[]

San Diego, California[]

Arctic Submarine Laboratory

Commander, Submarine Squadron 11 (COMSUBRON Eleven)[]

Western Pacific[]

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.^[13]

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

Commander, Submarine Squadron 21 (COMSUBRON TWENTY ONE) (Bahrain)[]

Virginia Beach, Virginia[]

Commander, Undersea Surveillance
Naval Ocean Processing Facility Whidbey Island, Washington^[15]
Integrated Undersea Surveillance System Operational Support Center Little Creek, 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^[16]
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 Winford G. Ellis, 1996-1998^[17]
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^[18]
Rear Admiral Frederick J. Roegge, 2015–2017
Rear Admiral Daryl Caudle, 2017–2019
Rear Admiral Blake L. Converse, 2019–April 2021^[19]
Rear Admiral Jeffrey T. Jablon, April 2021 – Present ^[20]

^† Wartime submarine skipper

References[]

Blair, Clay (March 2001). Silent victory: the U.S. submarine war against Japan. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-217-X. https://books.google.com/books?id=KGjfqe6DcrEC&q=%22Robert+Holmes+Smith%22&pg=PA372-IA9. (Google books online preview)

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

↑ "COMSUBPAC About Us". U.S. Navy. http://www.csp.navy.mil/about_us.shtml. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
↑ "COMSUBPAC About Us". U.S. Navy. http://www.csp.navy.mil/about_us.shtml. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
↑ "COMSUBPAC Submarines". U.S. Navy. http://www.csp.navy.mil/content/comsubpac_subsquadrons.shtml. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
↑ reports, staff. "USS Missouri arrives at new home port at Pearl Harbor" (in en). https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/state-and-regional/uss-missouri-arrives-at-new-home-port-at-pearl-harbor/article_afe45ddd-72d0-53a6-9802-c6a8fbca4540.html.
↑ "USS Illinois Arrives in Pearl Harbor in Time for Thanksgiving" (in en-US). https://www.csp.navy.mil/Media/News-Admin/Article/1383559/uss-illinois-arrives-in-pearl-harbor-in-time-for-thanksgiving/.
↑ Affairs, From Navy Region Hawaii Public. "Pearl Harbor welcomes USS Chicago to new homeport" (in en-US). https://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/110376.
↑ Affairs, This story was written by Commander, Submarine Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet Public. "USS Springfield Conducts Change of Command and Change of Homeport" (in en). https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=111259.
↑ "USS Bremerton Departs Pearl Harbor for Final Time" (in en-US). https://www.csp.navy.mil/Media/News-Admin/Article/1501144/uss-bremerton-departs-pearl-harbor-for-final-time/.
↑ 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" (in en). https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=103729.
↑ "USS Louisiana, last of the ballistic missile submarine fleet, to begin refueling at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard" (in en). https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2019/08/25/uss-louisiana-submarine-arrives-puget-sound-naval-shipyard/2090033001/.
↑ "USS Annapolis Arrives at New Pacific Home" (in en-US). 2018-02-08. https://chesapeakebaymagazine.com/uss-annapolis-arrives-at-new-pacific-home/.
↑ "Deep Submergence Unit Shifts ISIC, Changes Name". U.S. Navy. June 16, 2012. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=67869. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
↑ "Submarine Group 7". COMSUPPAC. http://www.csp.navy.mil/csg7/About-COMSUBGRU-SEVEN. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
↑ "Los Angeles-class submarine USS Asheville completes homeport change to Guam" (in en-US). https://navaltoday.com/2017/12/14/los-angeles-class-submarine-uss-asheville-completes-homeport-change-to-guam/.
↑ "Naval Ocean Processing Facility Whidbey Island WA". Commander, Undersea Surveillance (CUS). U.S. Navy. http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/cus/Pages/NOPFWI.aspx. 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.
↑ http://faculty.nps.edu/vitae/cgi-bin/vita.cgi?p=display_vita&id=1247581240
↑ "Pacific Submarine Force Holds Change of Command". U.S. Navy. September 3, 2015. http://www.csp.navy.mil/releases/release_15017.shtml. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
↑ Hinton, MC1 Danial; Pacific, Submarine Force. "Pacific Submarine Force welcomes new commander" (in en-US). https://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/110666.
↑ "Rear Admiral Jeffrey T. Jablon, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet". https://www.csp.navy.mil/Leadership/Rear-Admiral-Jeffrey-T-Jablon-Commander-Submarine-Force-US-Pacific-Fleet/1/.

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[1] "COMSUBPAC About Us". U.S. Navy. http://www.csp.navy.mil/about_us.shtml. Retrieved August 22, 2010.

[2] "COMSUBPAC About Us". U.S. Navy. http://www.csp.navy.mil/about_us.shtml. Retrieved August 22, 2010.

[3] "COMSUBPAC Submarines". U.S. Navy. http://www.csp.navy.mil/content/comsubpac_subsquadrons.shtml. Retrieved September 11, 2015.

[4] reports, staff. "USS Missouri arrives at new home port at Pearl Harbor" (in en). https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/state-and-regional/uss-missouri-arrives-at-new-home-port-at-pearl-harbor/article_afe45ddd-72d0-53a6-9802-c6a8fbca4540.html.

[5] "USS Illinois Arrives in Pearl Harbor in Time for Thanksgiving" (in en-US). https://www.csp.navy.mil/Media/News-Admin/Article/1383559/uss-illinois-arrives-in-pearl-harbor-in-time-for-thanksgiving/.

[6] Affairs, From Navy Region Hawaii Public. "Pearl Harbor welcomes USS Chicago to new homeport" (in en-US). https://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/110376.

[7] Affairs, This story was written by Commander, Submarine Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet Public. "USS Springfield Conducts Change of Command and Change of Homeport" (in en). https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=111259.

[8] "USS Bremerton Departs Pearl Harbor for Final Time" (in en-US). https://www.csp.navy.mil/Media/News-Admin/Article/1501144/uss-bremerton-departs-pearl-harbor-for-final-time/.

[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" (in en). https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=103729.

[10] "USS Louisiana, last of the ballistic missile submarine fleet, to begin refueling at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard" (in en). https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2019/08/25/uss-louisiana-submarine-arrives-puget-sound-naval-shipyard/2090033001/.

[11] "USS Annapolis Arrives at New Pacific Home" (in en-US). 2018-02-08. https://chesapeakebaymagazine.com/uss-annapolis-arrives-at-new-pacific-home/.

[12] "Deep Submergence Unit Shifts ISIC, Changes Name". U.S. Navy. June 16, 2012. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=67869. Retrieved September 11, 2015.

[13] "Submarine Group 7". COMSUPPAC. http://www.csp.navy.mil/csg7/About-COMSUBGRU-SEVEN. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

[14] "Los Angeles-class submarine USS Asheville completes homeport change to Guam" (in en-US). https://navaltoday.com/2017/12/14/los-angeles-class-submarine-uss-asheville-completes-homeport-change-to-guam/.

[15] "Naval Ocean Processing Facility Whidbey Island WA". Commander, Undersea Surveillance (CUS). U.S. Navy. http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/cus/Pages/NOPFWI.aspx. Retrieved June 29, 2012.

[16] 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.

[17] ttp://faculty.nps.edu/vitae/cgi-bin/vita.cgi?p=display_vita&id=1247581240

[18] "Pacific Submarine Force Holds Change of Command". U.S. Navy. September 3, 2015. http://www.csp.navy.mil/releases/release_15017.shtml. Retrieved September 9, 2015.

[19] Hinton, MC1 Danial; Pacific, Submarine Force. "Pacific Submarine Force welcomes new commander" (in en-US). https://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/110666.

[20] "Rear Admiral Jeffrey T. Jablon, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet". https://www.csp.navy.mil/Leadership/Rear-Admiral-Jeffrey-T-Jablon-Commander-Submarine-Force-US-Pacific-Fleet/1/.

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