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
Active1914-Present
CountryUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Navy
TypeType Commander
RoleAdvisory
Garrison/HQPearl Harbor
Commanders
Current
commander		Rear Admiral (lower half) 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]

Commander, Submarine Squadron 1 (COMSUBRON One)

Commander, Submarine Squadron 7 (COMSUBRON Seven)

Bremerton, Washington
  • Priority Material Office

Commander, Submarine Squadron 17 (COMSUBRON Seventeen)

Commander, Submarine Squadron 19 (COMSUBRON Nineteen)

Commander, Submarine Development Squadron 5 (COMSUBDEVRON Five)

San Diego, California

Commander, Submarine Squadron 11 (COMSUBRON Eleven)

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

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

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Officers Serving as COMSUBPAC

The following is an incomplete list:

† Wartime submarine skipper

See also

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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  15. 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.
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