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 ...

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 vehicle A deep-submergence vehicle (DSV) is a deep-diving crewed submersible that is self-propelled. Several navies operate vehicles that can be accurately described as DSVs. DSVs are commonly divided into two types: research DSVs, which are used for ex ...

s 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 United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) is a unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Pacific region. Formerly known as United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) since its inception in 1947, t ...

and strategic deterrence capabilities to the

U.S. Strategic Command United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands in the United States Department of Defense. Headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, USSTRATCOM is responsible for strategic nuclear deterre ...

. 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)

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USS Missouri (SSN-780) USS ''Missouri'' (SSN-780) is the seventh attack submarine and the fourth ship in the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Missouri. She was completed, and delivered, nine months early and under budget. History The contract ...

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USS Illinois (SSN-786) USS ''Illinois'' (SSN-786) is a nuclear powered attack submarine in the United States Navy. Named for the State of Illinois, she is the third vessel to actively serve with the name, the previous two being battleships and . She was built by th ...

Commander, Submarine Squadron 7 (COMSUBRON Seven)

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Bremerton, Washington

* Priority Material Office

Bangor, Washington

Commander, Submarine Group 9 (COMSUBGRU Nine)

Commander, Submarine Squadron 17 (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 inv ...

* * * USS Louisiana (SSBN-743)

Commander, Submarine Development Squadron 5 (COMSUBDEVRON Five)

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San Diego, California

Arctic Submarine Laboratory The Arctic Submarine Laboratory is a research facility of the U.S. Navy's Undersea Warfighting Development Center in San Diego, California. It began as a converted World War II mortar emplacement, ''Battery Whistler'', and was focused on s ...

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 Novemb ...

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 bo ...

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 The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman ( ar, خليج عمان ''khalīj ʿumān''; fa, دریای عمان ''daryâ-ye omân''), also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran ( ar, خلیج مکران ''khalīj makrān''; fa, دریای مکرا� ...

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 ...

Commander,
Submarine Squadron 15 Submarine Squadron 15 (also known as SUBRON 15) is a squadron of submarines of the United States Navy based at Naval Base Guam. Fleet Ballistic Missile squadron 1963–1981 Submarine Squadron Fifteen was established on 1 September 1963 at Pe ...
(COMSUBRON Fifteen) (Guam)

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USS Asheville (SSN-758) USS ''Asheville'' (SSN-758), is a nuclear powered fast attack submarine. She is the fourth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for Asheville, North Carolina. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dr ...

* 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 Whidbey Island (historical spellings Whidby, Whitbey, or Whitby) is the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, in the United States, and the largest island in Washington State. (The other large island is Camano Island, ...

, Washington *

Integrated Undersea Surveillance System The Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) was a submarine detection system based on passive sonar developed by the United States Navy to track Soviet submarines. The system's true nature was classified with the name and acronym SOSUS themselves cl ...

Operational Support Center Little Creek, Virginia

Officers Serving as COMSUBPAC

The following is an incomplete list: *

Rear Admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star " admiral" rank. It is often rega ...

Wilhelm L. Friedell Wilhelm Lee Friedell (August 22, 1883 – January 27, 1958), was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. Friedell was in command of the U. S. Naval Submarine Forces in European Waters during World War I, and was the commander of COMSUBPAC prior ...

, 1939–1941 *Rear Admiral

Thomas Withers, Jr. Thomas Withers, Jr. (28 May 1886 – 25 Jun 1953), was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. Withers graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906. He later became qualified in and commanded submarines. At the beginning of World War II, he ...

, 1941–May 1942 *Rear Admiral

Robert H. English Robert Henry English (16 January 1888 – 21 January 1943) was a United States Navy commissioned officer who commanded the U.S. Navy's submarine force in the Pacific Theater of Operations early in World War II. English was born in Warrenton, ...

, May 1942–20 January 1943 (killed in an aircraft accident) *

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John H. "Babe" Brown (''

pro tem ''Pro tempore'' (), abbreviated ''pro tem'' or ''p.t.'', is a Latin phrase which best translates to "for the time being" in English. This phrase is often used to describe a person who acts as a ''locum tenens'' (placeholder) in the absence of ...

''), 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 Hi ...

, 1946–1948 *Rear Admiral

Oswald S. Colclough Oswald may refer to: People *Oswald (given name), including a list of people with the name *Oswald (surname), including a list of people with the name Fictional characters *Oswald the Reeve, who tells a tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's ''The Canterbur ...

, 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 Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

, 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 John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

, 1966–1968^† *Rear Admiral Walter L. Small, 1968–1970^† *Rear Admiral

Paul L. Lacy, Jr. Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

, 1970–1972 (Last WW2 submarine skipper in the job) *Rear Admiral

Frank D. McMullen Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Cur ...

, 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. Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city i ...

, 1983-1985 *Rear Admiral

James N. Darby James is a common English language surname and given name: * James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambigua ...

, 1985-1987 *Rear Admiral

Ralph W. West, Jr. Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

, 1987-1987 *Rear Admiral James G. Reynolds, 1987-1989 *Rear Admiral Michael C. Colley, 1989-1991 *Rear Admiral

Henry C. McKinney Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal ...

, 1991-1993 *Rear Admiral Jon M. Barr, 1993-1996 *Rear Admiral Winford G. Ellis, 1996-1998 *Rear Admiral

Albert H. Konetzni, Jr. Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert C ...

, 1998-2001 *Rear Admiral

John B. Padgett, III John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

, 2001-2003 *Rear Admiral

Paul F. Sullivan Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

, 2003-2005 *Rear Admiral Jeffrey B. Cassias, 2005-2006 *Rear Admiral

Joseph A. Walsh Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

, 2006-2008 *Rear Admiral Douglas J. McAneny, 2008–2010 *Rear Admiral

James F. Caldwell, Jr. James Franklin "Frank" Caldwell Jr. (born March 24, 1959) is an admiral in the United States Navy who currently serves as director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, a job once held by the program's creator, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover. He pr ...

, 2010–2013 *Rear Admiral

Phillip G. Sawyer Phillip Grayson Sawyer (born 1961) is a retired vice admiral in the United States Navy, who served as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy from October 10, 2019 to August 6, 2021. He previously served as comman ...

, 2013–2015 *Rear Admiral Frederick J. Roegge, 2015–2017 *Rear Admiral

Daryl Caudle Daryl Lane Caudle (born 1963) is a United States Navy admiral who is the 35th commander of United States Fleet Forces Command since December 7, 2021. He most recently served as commander of Naval Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR), Commander, Submari ...

, 2017–2019 *Rear Admiral Blake L. Converse, 2019–April 2021 *Rear Admiral

Jeffrey T. Jablon Jeffrey Todd Jablon (born 1964) is a United States Navy vice admiral and submarine warfare officer who has served as deputy chief of naval operations for installations and logistics since December 2023. He most recently served as Commander, Sub ...

, April 2021 – Present ^† Wartime submarine skipper

References

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