Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC) is the principal advisor to the Commander,

United States Pacific Fleet The United States Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT) is a theater-level component command of the United States Navy, located in the Pacific Ocean. It provides naval forces to the Indo-Pacific Command. Fleet headquarters is at Joint Base Pearl Harbor� ...

( COMPACFLT) for submarine matters. The Pacific Submarine Force (SUBPAC) includes attack,

ballistic missile A ballistic missile is a type of missile that uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target. These weapons are guided only during relatively brief periods—most of the flight is unpowered. Short-range ballistic missiles stay within the ...

and auxiliary submarines,

submarine tender A submarine tender is a type of depot ship that supplies and supports submarines. Development Submarines are small compared to most oceangoing vessels, and generally do not have the ability to carry large amounts of food, fuel, torpedoes, and ...

s, 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. 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.

Submarines and Units

These are the submarines and related units reporting to COMSUBPAC.

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Commander,
Submarine Squadron 1 Submarine Squadron 1 (also known as SUBRON 1) is a squadron of submarines of the United States Navy based at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i. The submarines that make up SUBRON 1 include: * * * * * * History Strat ...
(COMSUBRON One)

* * * USS Missouri (SSN-780) * * USS Illinois (SSN-786)

Commander,
Submarine Squadron 7 Submarine Squadron 7 (also known as SUBRON 7) is a squadron of submarines of the United States Navy based at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Pearl Harbor, HI under the command of Captain Dave Cox. History Naval Historical Center records show ...
(COMSUBRON Seven)

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Bremerton, Washington

* Priority Material Office

Bangor, Washington

Commander, Submarine Group 9 (COMSUBGRU Nine)

Commander,
Submarine Squadron 17 Submarine Squadron 17 (also known as SUBRON 17) is a squadron of submarines of the United States Navy based in Bangor, Washington under the command of Captain Charles McLenithan. The submarines that make up SUBRON 17 include: * * * * * *USS ...
(COMSUBRON Seventeen)

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Commander,
Submarine Squadron 19 Submarine Squadron 19 (also known as SUBRON 19) is a squadron of submarines of the United States Navy based in Bangor, Washington under the command of Captain Richard Massie. The submarines that make up SUBRON 19 include: * * * In addition to ...
(COMSUBRON Nineteen)

USS Bremerton (SSN-698) USS ''Bremerton'' (SSN-698), a , is the second vessel of the United States Navy to be named for Bremerton, Washington. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on ...

USS Jacksonville (SSN-699) USS ''Jacksonville'' (SSN-699), a nuclear powered attack submarine, is the only vessel of the United States Navy to be named for Jacksonville, Florida. ''Jacksonville'' was overhauled and modernized in 1988 and over the career span was invol ...

* * * USS Louisiana (SSBN-743)

Commander, Submarine Development Squadron 5 (COMSUBDEVRON Five)

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San Diego, California

* Arctic Submarine Laboratory

Commander,
Submarine Squadron 11 Submarine Squadron 11 (also known as SUBRON 11) is a squadron of submarines based at Point Loma Submarine Base, San Diego, California, United States. Submarine Squadron 11 was commissioned July 1, 1986, aboard her flagship, , at Naval Submarine ...
(COMSUBRON Eleven)

USS Scranton (SSN 756) USS ''Scranton'' (SSN-756), a , is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Scranton, Pennsylvania. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 26 Novem ...

USS Alexandria (SSN 757) USS ''Alexandria'' (SSN-757), is a nuclear-powered attack submarine and the third vessel of the United States Navy to be named for both Alexandria, Virginia, and Alexandria, Louisiana. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boa ...

USS Hampton (SSN 767) USS ''Hampton'' (SSN-767), a , is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to bear this name. The earlier ''Hampton''s were given their names for varying reasons, but SSN-767 was specifically named for four cities: Hampton, Virginia; Hampton, I ...

USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) USS ''Santa Fe'' (SSN-763), a , is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Santa Fe, New Mexico. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 21 M ...

* * Undersea Rescue Command

Western Pacific

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

* Responsible for submarines deployed to the Western Pacific, the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bod ...

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...

, Gulf of Oman,

Arabian Sea The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ...

and parts of the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...

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

* * USS Asheville (SSN-758) * 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

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, Washington * 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 *Rear Admiral Robert H. English, May 1942–20 January 1943 (killed in an aircraft accident) * Captain John H. "Babe" Brown (''

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''), 20 Jan 1943–1943 *Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, 1943–1946 *Rear Admiral

Allan Rockwell McCann Vice Admiral Allan Rockwell McCann, (September 20, 1896 – February 22, 1978) was a United States Navy officer who served in World War I and World War II. Education to World War I Admiral McCann attended Mark Hopkins Grammar School and Drury Hig ...

, 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 *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 *Rear Admiral Frederick J. Roegge, 2015–2017 *Rear Admiral Daryl Caudle, 2017–2019 *Rear Admiral Blake L. Converse, 2019–April 2021 *Rear Admiral Jeffrey T. Jablon, April 2021 – Present ^† Wartime submarine skipper

References

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