USS Cochino 'The Last Dive'

Silent Service

[@illmadeknight]

My grandfather was Richard Wright. I remember watching this with him years later. He rolled his eyes at the dramatization the actor that played him did getting up the ladder.

[@edwaggonersr.7446]

Your grandfather was a humble man playing down his heroism. I bet you are proud of him.

[@GermanShepherd1983]

He seemed as stiff as a board at the end of the program. I'd say grandpa should have had a shot of whiskey before he went on camera.

[@thekingsilverado3266]

@@GermanShepherd1983 By being in the Navy I could tell His ages old asteroids were flarring up again, I could tell by the look in his eyes...

[@DavidHarris-qn7em]

I salute your grandfather for his service and dedication

[@johnrogan9420]

HEMMOROIDS?​@@thekingsilverado3266

[@thomasmundinger7795]

I found an ashtray marked USS COCHINO. Not sure where it came from, maybe the yard in CT. That's how I found this movie. Pretty cool.

[@BigmanKris]

My Dad was in the engine room of the USS Cochino helping to keep the engines running. He did tell me his story and those men were tough. Dad was one of the last ones to run across the gang plank to the USS Tusk. My Dads name was George A. Wendt from Pennsylvania. There is also a book titled, The Last Cruise.

[@jimkon5767]

The captain is "Chief" from Get Smart. The 1st officer is also a famous actor I never followed.

[@steveprestegard5151]

“Martinez” was on The Untouchables. “Doc” was Binghamton on McHale’s Navy.

[@rlicon1970]

Better than most modern day movies.

[@Danogil]

Chief, missed it by that much.

[@realbudgiesmugglertwohatsb2611]

My dad said that the captain was actually a spy for Control...and the real enemy was Kaos... and he invented the cone of silence after spending time in subs..

[@maddyg3208]

Every time the Chief fired a torpedo, one of the crew would say, "Missed by that much ...".

[@paulredinger420]

Maddy G FUNNY!!! Kids today have no idea what you mean by that! God, I'm old!

[@steveprestegard5151]

Would you believe ...

[@judytieger3890]

I met “the Captain” years later at the famous Farmer’s Market on Fairfax in Los Angeles. I also saw Harvey Lembeck of the Bikko Show and Gomer Pyle’s Sergeant Carter there.

[@rodfirefighter8341]

Batteries have always been a problem. Salt water doesn't mix well and the fumes produced are deadly!

[@davidmurphy8190]

Rod Firefighter: These were the “improved” SARGO II batteries used in the GUPPY-type modification programs. The world’s navies each have lost several submarines to battery fires and explosions, up to and including the present day.

[@thekingsilverado3266]

Every time I suffer these kinda reward hydrogen explosions my old lady calls the Navy on me then she makes me sleep in the rec-room hoping praying I am gonna sink...

[@j.d.-alawyerexplains5064]

Those men were tough as shoe leather

[@rodfirefighter8341]

Okay, there was more than one man hurt. Never mind my stupid comment earlier!

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

This episode omits just how horrific the seas -- the weather -- was -- which triggered the engineering crisis. The Tusk ends up losing more men than the Cochino -- all men were lost due to violent waves sweeping them to the deep. This fiasco just put more speed for Rickover's baby -- the atomic submarine.

[@thekingsilverado3266]

I was a kid when that Tusk incident happened... The Navy was trying to be ahead of its time and ended up looking bad. I met 4 engineers when I joined that had filed Federal inquests as to who approved what designs when years after the fact the designs were proven defective of many causes including the wiring and other factors surrounding the batteries and other control systems. It was the dawn of the electronic age. Some of it failed miserably like these incidents.

[@garyskelsey6360]

Very Brave Men /Giving all to save their comrades

[@johnrogan9420]

Listen carefully Martinez..."get a screwdrivet"...

[@rodfirefighter8341]

And explosive!

[@gjurczyc]

most us ww2 subs are named after a Fish not all but most

[@leapdrive]

The saint of the medal helped the ExO escape- St. Christopher, the strong man who carried people cross the river. St. Christopher, pray for us! Amen.

[@rodfirefighter8341]

Did someone else use up all the extra morphine the boat brought over!

[@buddylight2191]

Fate: Sunk by battery explosion and fire off Norway, 26 August 1949

[@stevenhj3124]

We say in the Navy - Well done. ☮

[@No_More_Wrath]

It’s the Chief!

[@erikanderson55]

My grandfather served on this boat. He was discharged right before this.

[@thekingsilverado3266]

The chief was missing Max and agent 99 here he sure coulda used em...

[@a9mmauto]

captain binghamton mcales navy "doc"

[@Steve_1999]

Was that really him?? It did sound like him..

[@haroldforsko8152]

Joe Flynn

[@caribeturf]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Celestino_Ben%C3%ADtez

[@stephenfarthing3819]

Sounds as if the batteries are early Lithium types - I'm no expert but it seems that the batteries are exploding and it's a similar outcome to a exploding battery on a Scooter that destroyed 300 others. A couple of years ago. I get the feeling that battery was also faulty on this sub.

[@dennistaylor3796]

Lead acid batteries can produce hydrogen gas.

[@thekingsilverado3266]

All I know after a life time being involved with the Navy is the fact they shoulda loaded all them rear fire extinguishers with Preperation H... Puts them fires in my tail section out every time I need it..

[@johnrogan9420]

WOULD YOU BELIEVE WE HAVE A CLONE OF SILENCE ON BOARD, CHIEF? SEAMAN MAXWELL SMART!

[@chrishaug9858]

Sorry but this is the worst of the series. I almost couldn't even follow the plot it was sooooo bad. I luv a good war movie but this was just baaaad

[@davidmurphy8190]

This was after the war and they were in Arctic waters. The storyline is quite a bit different from the usual SILENT SERVICE tales of daring from the Pacific war.