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Best submarine movies

My dad was in the merchant marine from 1942-50. Then drafted for Korea. Joined the MM at 12. Was in T-2 tankers. Made the run to Murmansk. Got sunk at least once. Our neighbor was in the German MM. The MM paid the price 1940 thru 1943.
 
One of my relatives got shot down by this guy. He sent the family a package with all the guy's belongings in it and a nice letter about the guy's courage and skill.

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From a (former) submariner -

Have not seen them in a while but do remember both U-571 and "Hunt for Red October" having a few good/realistic scenes in them. (Never experienced depth charges or flooding like what they did tho'.) One funny (weird - ?) tidbit I remember from my sub service is when underway "Das Boot" was a favorite and shown many times, but in port - we rarely (if ever) watched it.

For those interested (and in the Northeast), USS Nautilus (SSN 571) is available for tours at the "Submarine Force Library and Museum", in Groton, CT (http://ussnautilus.org/). Interesting place to stop.
 
loopstick said:
One of my relatives got shot down by this guy. He sent the family a package with all the guy's belongings in it and a nice letter about the guy's courage and skill.

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I read about this guy many years back. He was a class act, but I seem to remember he committed suicide.
 
NAD80 said:
My dad was in the merchant marine from 1942-50. Then drafted for Korea. Joined the MM at 12. Was in T-2 tankers. Made the run to Murmansk. Got sunk at least once. Our neighbor was in the German MM. The MM paid the price 1940 thru 1943.
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It's surprising how many folks aren't aware of the "service".

I got to serve on a converted T-2 tanker, the SS Middletown

Here it is as a WWII tanker:

http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/USSNeshanic.jpg
 
NAD80 said:
My dad was in the merchant marine from 1942-50. Then drafted for Korea. Joined the MM at 12. Was in T-2 tankers. Made the run to Murmansk. Got sunk at least once. Our neighbor was in the German MM. The MM paid the price 1940 thru 1943.
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My dad was in the MM during WWII. He was a radio operator. He had a successful career in electronics that started here:

http://www.usmm.org/gallupsisland.html

Here's to our Dads. :beerchug:

-Dave

Edit: to keep to the intent of the thread. . . My favorite submarine movies are Das Boot and Run Silent, Run Deep.
 
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Yeah To our Dads!!!. Miss mine every day. Run Silent Run Deep good movie. "Above us the waves" Brit movie trying to sink the Tirpitz. "Submarine X-1". "Operation Pacific".
 
NAD80 said:
Yeah To our Dads!!!. Miss mine every day. Run Silent Run Deep good movie. "Above us the waves" Brit movie trying to sink the Tirpitz. "Submarine X-1". "Operation Pacific".
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I like the WWII era British Naval movies. A lot of them have a documentary feel to them. Propaganda, but well done.

-Dave
 
What about Kirk Douglas in Disney's 20,000 leagues under the Sea. Crimson Tide? What was the one with Harrison ford about the Russian Sub? K-19 Then there was the Movie where the light crus er Captain caught a Russian sub in American waters and then hounded them and kept the crew wound up so tight that Mister Peepers couldn't man his post and the Russian sub used an Atomic torpedo on the US ship. What. about the movie where the American captain of a Destroyer out foxed and rammed a German sub, but helped save the German Crew.
 
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twiiii said:
Captain caught a Russian sub in American waters and then hounded him and kept the crew wound up so tight that Mister Peepers couldn't man his post and the Russian sub used an Atomic torpedo on the US ship
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That was the Bedford Incident. An excellent movie with an excellent cast.

-Dave
 
onwardjames said:
I really enjoyed Das Boot. I thought that Jurgen Prochnow (I think I spelled it correctly) accurately displayed the fatigue he felt, leading those children to their slaughter. "Good Men. You've GOT to have good men." Ahh man, love that scene.

I know I've read volumes on the Kriegsmarine, but I'd hear why you think so negatively of the film, Tom. I don't think you can "revise" the numbers. Out of 45k boys enlisted in the submarine program, I think 39k didn't come home??

Again, honestly want to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks, Tom.
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Das Boot is my favorite WWII submarine (director's cut) movie. The background music
added so much to this film. Ordinary German men caught up in a war and all they wanted
to do was survive. Also, I've read the book back in the early 80s.Uboat.net has a lot of
material worth looking at.

'' Das ist THOMSEN!!! ''
 
cgutz said:
Good movie and book.

The book had a quite different ending. The books was better IMHO.

I love how the eager and tense Ensign mistakenly fires a torpedo after overhearing a conversation the Captain was having.
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He fires an ASROC, anti-submarine rocket, that carries a 10K yield tactical nuke warhead depth charge and para-drops it above the target. .

Here is an actual text.

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