Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

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
Active	1914-Present
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Type Commander
Role	Advisory
Garrison/HQ	Pearl 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

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

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Commander, Submarine Squadron 1 (COMSUBRON One)

• USS Hawaii (SSN-776)
• USS North Carolina (SSN-777)
• USS Missouri (SSN-780)^[4]
• USS Mississippi (SSN-782)
• USS Illinois (SSN-786)^[5]

Commander, Submarine Squadron 7 (COMSUBRON Seven)

• USS Chicago (SSN-721)^[6]
• USS Topeka (SSN-754)
• USS Santa Fe (SSN-763)
• USS Charlotte (SSN-766)^[7]
• USS Tucson (SSN-770)
• USS Columbia (SSN-771)

Bremerton, Washington

• Priority Material Office

Bangor, Washington

Commander, Submarine Group 9 (COMSUBGRU Nine)

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 Nebraska (SSBN-739)
• USS Maine (SSBN-741)

Commander, Submarine Squadron 19 (COMSUBRON Nineteen)

• USS Bremerton (SSN-698)^[8]
• USS Jacksonville (SSN-699)^[9]
• USS Ohio (SSGN-726)
• USS Michigan (SSGN-727)
• USS Louisiana (SSBN-743)^[10]

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 Scranton (SSN-756)
• USS Alexandria (SSN-757)
• USS Hampton (SSN-767)
• USS Santa Fe (SSN-763)
• USS Arco (ARDM-5)
• Undersea Rescue Command^[11]

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.^[12]

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

• USS Key West (SSN-722)
• USS Asheville (SSN-758)^[13]
• USS Jefferson City (SSN-759)
• USS Annapolis (SSN-760)
• USS Springfield (SSN-761)

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

Virginia Beach, Virginia

• Commander, Undersea Surveillance
• Naval Ocean Processing Facility Whidbey Island, Washington^[14]
• Integrated Undersea Surveillance System Operational Support Center Little Creek, Virginia

Officers Serving as COMSUBPAC

• 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^[16]
• 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^[17]
• Rear Admiral Frederick J. Roegge, 2015–2017
• Rear Admiral Daryl Caudle, 2017–2019
• Rear Admiral Blake L. Converse, 2019–2021^[18]
• Rear Admiral Jeffrey T. Jablon, 2021–2023^[19]
• Rear Admiral Richard E. Seif Jr., 2023–present

^† Wartime submarine skipper

See also

• COMSUBLANT
• COMNAVSUBFOR

References

• 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.

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External links

• Official website