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Podcast stories from the US Navy Submarine Force - 1900 to todayBrought to you by the Bremerton Base of United States Submarine Veterans, Inc
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Signup to Generate a PitchPodcast stories from the US Navy Submarine Force - 1900 to todayBrought to you by the Bremerton Base of United States Submarine Veterans, Inc
Patrol Reports is hosted by FTB1(SS) David Ray Bowman. The show has published 52 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "USS Salmon Survives the Battle for Takane Maru" (30 October 2026, 5 minutes), "Admiral Cassedy's Last Shot" (29 October 2026, 4 minutes), and "Citizens Must Help Keep Sub" (28 October 2026, 4 minutes).
Patrol Reports publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 5 minutes across 52 episodes.
Booking probability for Patrol Reports is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Patrol Reports requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Patrol Reports's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Patrol Reports are Defense & International Affairs. Patrol Reports has a history audience.
FTB1(SS) David Ray Bowman hosts Patrol Reports, a history podcast with 52 episodes published.
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Episode #261030
On October 30, 1944, USS Salmon (SS-182) attacked the Japanese tanker Takane Maru and suffered a devastating depth-charge counterattack. Flooding and unable to control her depth, Salmon surfaced into the path of four...
Episode #261029
In October 1965, sailors aboard USS Barracuda honored an unusual final request: they launched Rear Admiral Hiram Cassedy’s ashes into the Atlantic through a torpedo tube. In this episode of Patrol Reports , we follow...
Episode #261028
How did a Wisconsin city far from the ocean build 28 submarines for World War II, and who would keep their story alive when the fighting ended? In this episode of Patrol Reports , explore the legacy of Manitowoc’s...
Episode #261027
On October 27, 1944 , USS Kingfish (SS-234) launched two torpedo attacks and survived eighteen depth charges near Iwo Jima. Yet her crew ended the day without knowing the full results of their actions. In this episode...
Episode #261025
A short notice in a Texas newspaper carried the loss of a submarine into one family’s home. Wayne Houston Cotton was nineteen when USS Seawolf (SS-197) disappeared in October 1944, taking with her 83 crewmen and 17 Army...
Episode #261025
Before I discovered Cary Grant and Tony Curtis in Operation Petticoat , I knew John Astin and the pink submarine from ABC’s 1977 television remake. The original movie was better, but the sitcom had something worth...
Episode #261024
On October 24, 1944, USS Snook (SS-279) pressed repeated torpedo attacks against Japanese shipping in the South China Sea, then went deep as escorts answered with depth charges. Her crew survived the engagement, but...
Episode #261024
While the Philippines endured Japanese occupation, American submarines carried weapons, medicine, radios, and intelligence teams to guerrillas still fighting behind enemy lines. On October 25, 1944, General Douglas...
Episode #261023
USS Croaker (SS-246) stalks a coastal freighter by radar, launches four torpedoes, and closes to within 400 yards of a three-masted schooner. It is October 23, 1944, off Korea’s west coast, and a recurring gun...
October, 1945. Portland, Oregon. Just weeks after Japan's surrender, USS Hawkbill (SS-366) prepared to do something extraordinary. Before a crowd gathered along the Willamette River, the World War II submarine submerged...
Episode #261021
How did two American submarines help open the Battle of Leyte Gulf and strike a devastating blow against the Imperial Japanese Navy? On October 21, 1944, as American forces fought to liberate the Philippines, USS Darter...
Episode #261020
On October 20, 1943, deep in enemy waters off Japan, USS Tarpon (SS-175) was closing in on one of the Imperial Japanese Navy's most valuable assets: an aircraft carrier. But this was no chance encounter. American naval...
Episode #261019
USS Narwhal (SS-167): The Secret Mission to Negros | October 19, 1944 On October 19, 1944, just one day before General Douglas MacArthur's forces landed on Leyte, an American submarine surfaced off the coast of...
Nine enemy ships. Scattered escorts. One American submarine. And a commander willing to take an extraordinary risk. On the night of October 18, 1944, USS Raton (SS-270) found herself with an opportunity few submarine...
Episode #261017
October 17, 1943. At the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, the United States Navy launched USS Shark (SS-314), a new Balao-class submarine destined for combat in the Pacific. Just one year and one week...
Episode #260403
USS Pickerel USS Grenadier USS Gudgeon USS Snook USS Thresher
Episode #260301
Remembering the US Submarines and men lost in the month of March: USS F-4 USS H-1 USS Perch USS Grampus USS Triton USS Tullibee USS Kete USS Trigger
Episode #260219
In late February 1944, the USS Grayback was at the height of her power and the edge of her fate. Fresh off a string of devastating attacks in the East China Sea, she had already sunk tens of thousands of tons of...
Episode #260201
The USSVI Bremerton Base remembers the US Submarines lost in the month of February
Episode #260124
On a January morning in nineteen forty four, a small town in Ohio learned how the war really worked. Not through headlines about victory, but through a quiet notice. A sailor was missing. No details. No explanation...
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