USS Grayling 'The Grayling Story'

[@tommorgan5725]

I rode subs many years ago. I am a plank owner of the USS Grayling from 1969, SSN 646. Before that, I rode diesel boats.

[@jordangouveia1863]

Thank you!! I read your USS Grayling had an "exciting" depth gauge issue at one time. Glad the guys in the engine room were paying attention.

[@ThePrader]

I admire all you bubble-heads. I couldn't do what you guys do. I spent my time on surface ships. An LPH, a CV, a CVN, a squadron of PBR'S, and a navy tug boat, (not in that order). I made 2 Pacific crossings, rode out 2 typhoons ,and a couple of storms in the North Atlantic. But I just could not be a crewman on a submarine. They scare me.

[@prof2yousmithe444]

Can I say I LOVE these shows!!! THANK YOU so very much for posting these!!!

[@daleburrell6273]

...well, if you LOVE them so much, then why don't you MARRY them?!! ...but that would be BIGAMY(?)

[@prof2yousmithe444]

Dale Burrell you're weird.

[@daleburrell6273]

@@prof2yousmithe444 YOU JUST HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR-!!!

[@prof2yousmithe444]

Dale Burrell Ok! Sorry! My bad. Had a really bad day yesterday and you may have caught a glancing blow. My apologies! I actually do have a decent sense of humour but yesterday was tough.

[@daleburrell6273]

@@prof2yousmithe444 WELL, I HOPE EVERYTHING WORKS OUT FOR YOU...

[@Mike12522]

Legend says the Captain is still chewing his gum.

[@David-ow9bc]

Seeing the real captain's character, this actor characterized him well. Excellent show

[@johnmayo27]

Great movie, sorry to hear that it was lost. 😢😢😢😢🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@johnvargo5695]

What is the silver handle that sound is using at 7:30. Seen it on all previous episodes.

[@hellboundrubber4448]

Radar scanning by hand to concentrate on specific areas.

[@johnvargo5695]

@@hellboundrubber4448 Thanks

[@LawtonDigital]

I haven't found a source yet that said the Grayling disappeared on her 7th patrol. All sources indicate it was her 8th patrol. What's up with that? Anyone know?

[@tubeyou222100]

The WW2 blue Dixie cups always surprise me! I served in the early 80's!

[@billywilds1779]

Dive, Dive, Dive. just as good as prepare to surface.

[@jimlaguardia8185]

It is great to hear from these naval heroes.

[@topgeardel]

I continue to be amazed how well done this show was produced. Gripping every minute. I also stand amused at how "plastic" and stiff all those guests are. I guess that's the look of a winner.

[@jimsmith9819]

good videos, but i find it interesting that the depth charges always go off at the exact depth of the sub no matter if the go deeper or not

[@normdoty]

interesting that Milburn Drysdale is the "Admiral" whom they all answer to... did not expect to see him here, but glad i did, we need a loan....

[@randyjohnson805]

normdoty young kids would have never known about him

[@butchfraser5749]

for a loan apply to jed….

[@Zephyrmec]

The skipper sure looks like Hugh Hefner, although it’s not, he was pretty busy by 1958!

[@stanfordcoffee]

They should have worship his chewing gum, instead of the cap. He chewed it for the whole patrol.

[@martinnewham4812]

Gum chewing Yanks my Dad would say. We always will remember American Service Personnel. Thank you.

[@fyoung112]

My uncle was on that 7th mission on the Grayling. Will always wonder what happened.

[@johnrogan9420]

8th was the patrol that doomed the grayling...uble...lol

[@zed332l]

Been There Done That in the 1970'S Greatest experience of my 67 years Tomorrow. If I make it to the 22nd Jan. Born 1953. Best Men in the world. First Boat Tecumseh SSBN628.

[@billyjoe415]

HEy I was on that boat for 1 day back in the 70's. Stationed at Patrick AFB just down the coast from Port Canaveral. Got a tour on her 1 day for checking something about public health issues.

[@GermanShepherd1983]

The captains gum chewing at 2:00 is annoying as hell. Geez, I've seen old cows chew their cud more gracefully than that.

[@perrywatson8505]

My freaking jaws are wore-out watching him! I'm Bout serious

[@robertdesantis6205]

They left him on the bridge hoping he'd spit it out.

[@perrywatson8505]

Was that Mr. Driesdel? /jeds banker

[@accousticdecay]

WOW!!! What a story!

[@constitutionalUSA]

You'd think a Rear Admiral would call a sub a boat not a ship

[@zeero62]

The admiral later played Mr. Drysdale in the Beverly Hillbillies.

[@rogerkomula8057]

If only Miss Jane was his secretary.

[@GaryMCurran]

A lot of the information presented in this video is incorrect. The dates were off by months. She left in March of 1943 for her sixth war patrol and returned in April. After the sixth patrol, the captain was replaced by Captain Brinker. Brinker made the seventh war patrol to Borneo, and she returned in July. On her eighth war patrol is when she was lost with all hands.

[@drlong08]

You'd think that with all the research that someone would be able to negate periscope wake....

[@tullibee]

Same Lee on USS Croaker?

[@paulmiddleton4215]

little did they know, at the time of filming this, but the Grayling was to be found by undersea exploration. She is now Forever on Patrol.

[@johnrogan9420]

lee...a great skipper!

[@scottwegner4232]

"Oops, did we leave the captain on the bridge?"

[@docbailey3265]

Don’t you hate it when that happens?

[@robertcruz6974]

So the Captain chewed the same stick of gum through out the whole war.

[@albertwescombe6569]

You're a dickhead.

[@robertdesantis6205]

They left him on the bridge hoping he"d spit it out. 😬

[@robertbishop5357]

How do those on a destroyer know when they've zeroed in on a sub with depth charges?

[@lurking0death]

Sonar gives the destroyer the approximate position of the sub. The destroyer runs to the position and drops a "pattern" of depth charges. These may or may not hit the submarine. Or, they may be close enough to submarine to damage it and force it to the surface. Also, the submarine may be low on breathable oxygen, it may have broken batteries that are giving off deadly chlorine gas, it may have broken pumps...any number of things can nullify or sink a submarine. Sometimes destroyers just add to pre-existing problems and the sub has to surface, where it is defeated-sunk.

[@rogerkomula8057]

It generally exploded.

[@Acc0rd79]

Clearly their luck ran out as soon as the hat went off of the boat, truly was a lucky hat!

[@buddylight2191]

Lost off Manila around 9 September 1943

[@mcdugalmcstiffy6889]

Barry Atwater played a lot of heavies back then.

[@cleekmaker00]

The USS Grayling Memorial is located in Denver, CO.

[@LawtonDigital]

WTF! Who won the championship checkers game?

[@geoh7777]

I wonder what that whale thought when he started getting depth charged.

[@kingjames7273]

Geez what a Gaddy whale? Biggest farts ever?

[@johnrogan9420]

using the destroyer as an umbrella...lol

[@perrywatson8505]

This show IS AWESOME!!big break from westerns!

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

and of course the next question is, (why is not the whale's hearing so damaged by the previous depth charges it will now beach itself and die). This has occurred a lot in the last few years with cetaceans here in puget sound. The wales can't even take our sonar, it destroys their hearing making them useless, and feeble, thus killing them. Modern sonar may make pulses when near whales beyond their recovery factor. In fact we control our sounds greatly compared to the past to try to protect these animals. Why this whale was not killed outright by the depth charges is beyond me unless a thermocline protected it against the depth charge sieges.

[@IndependentBear]

Good questions. I had the same thought, especially since the experiences in Puget Sound. Perhaps the whale was stunned (and deafened) by the first run of charges and that is why he bumbled into the midst of the action.

[@glenbirbeck4098]

Thats bad, loosing your king in a game of checkers. At 12:11

[@shermanross5175]

Give that whale the Navy Cross!

[@jimmyraythomason1]

Enjoyed the telling of the Grayling's story but that gum chewing got on my nerves.

[@robertdesantis6205]

Had to watch it through squinted eyes. Drove me mad. 🫣

[@bobbypaluga4346]

Such a terrific series, if only they could have improved upon the "Interviews" with the Special Guests. Some of these are downright painful. Submariners are the smartest people in the US Navy, why didn't they trust these men to just speak and answer questions? Instead they scripted every word they were to speak in horribly canned monotone responses.

[@stevemcconnico1837]

You have to remember, TV was a new medium and many of the guests were very nervous about appearing on nationwide television. Hence, they had to read the teleprompter so they could remember their own stories.

[@michaeldougfir9807]

+Bobby Paluga Teaching acting and guiding interviews has changed a lot. That's why the new actors in so many shows and movies are still very professional. And interviews are now much better too. But the older generation wasn't like us. They didn't live with microphones and all kinds of cameras everywhere. That equipment was very distinctive and continually obvious to them. It made for stilted responses. We bought a tape recorder to try to capture my grandfather's Depression and gold mining stories. But he just couldn't talk into a machine. We tried sitting in on the recordings so it would be more personable. But to him those whirling reels were quite intimidating. How sad that we lost all that history!

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

Nah, it's just poor production value. I've seen much better from the period. It's true tho, in the early days people would dart their eyes about, not sure if they should look at host or the camera or the director.

[@daleburrell6273]

...you can't please EVERYBODY-!!!

[@josephkane825]

Bobby Paluga - I agree with you. Even the official training films were better! The Faux Drama and human interest drama side stories are pure bullshit!

[@timsindt5245]

BS THE skippers loved "Uncle Charlie"

[@scottwegner4232]

Wasn't that Admiral Lockwood?

[@Impailer67]

that mean old Mr Drysdale !

[@otiscanupp1164]

Brave Men

[@Oxmyx01]

Fine business, fellas!

[@papatutti59]

Wait! Is that Mr. Drysdale? ha ha ha ha. It is him.

[@bestwishes5060]

Lol that's Mr. Drysdale ( spelling) from the Beverly hillbillies!

[@mnoliberal7335]

Look, it's Mr. Drysdale. He must have gone into banking in Beverly Hills after his Navy discharge.

[@surearrow]

>>-------------------> Chewing gum on combat vessel in WWII...and it's the captain to boot ? WOW! Never in the U.S. Navy! ...and he chews it in an annoying manner.

[@donbrassco301]

That Turn Aroud😨😠#Back Out To Sea😡

[@MrDozerdee]

Great story. But a whale would be nowhere around an area where depth charges were being dropped.

[@No_More_Wrath]

Never trust Mr. Drysdale.

[@JohnFrancisScott]

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[@JovitaMortel-po1gx]

❤

[@daviecochrane1523]

Lucky hat

[@chrislapp9468]

Mr. Drysdale had a better barber when he was on the Beverly Hillbillies.

[@jackhammer111]

a black queen in a game of checkers?

[@lurking0death]

Could do without the bubble gum.

[@BA-gn3qb]

Oh No! A whale just pooped on my sub! 💩💩

[@paulmiddleton4215]

just consider the boat lucky the whale didn't hump the periscope

[@lurking0death]

They could have left out the bubble gum....great TV production...heavy sigh.

[@mikejorgensen3496]

i was just thinking that

[@robertdesantis6205]

That's why they left him on the bridge.