Dating to season 1 of “The Silent Service”, this 1957 episode is entitled “The Seashark Story”. The plot revolves around a photographer’s mate who is dismayed by his assignment – to make a movie about a submarine crew in action. The crew helps to make things unpleasant. The episode was directed by Sobey Martin and written by Tony Barrett, and features Rear Admiral Thomas M. Dykers as host. The cast includes Grant Richards, Stacy Harris, Douglas Odney, John Morley, Peter Leeds, Chris Alcaide, Paul Harber, Robert Bice Dean Melang and Irving Steinberg.

The fictitious USS Seashark was not an actual U.S. Navy submarine.

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