On the eve of their return to the states, the crew of the U.S.S. Blake is unpleasantly surprised when their new captain, Lt. Commander Hale, announces that they’ve been reassigned to the upcoming invasion of Okinawa. With the news turning the crew against him, Hale must rise to the occasion to keep his men inline.
Director: Leigh Jason.
Stars: Pat O’Brien, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Denning, Rhys Williams, James Dobson, Richard Benedict, Rudy Robles.
it is a good movie the first time I saw a war movie dealing with a canon crew on a war ship in ww2 and I saw many ww2 movies most of the stock film was shown in documentary but part I saw the first time not referring to the kamikaze attack
The ship in the movie is not a battleship, it’s a Fletcher class destroyer. Did not see the number on the ship so the real name remains a mystery.
It is however a very good movie.
Dafoe is correct. The ship was a Fletcher Class Destroyer not a battleship.
My uncle died manning a hose on a sister ship, the USS Isherwood, hit by a
kamikazi. He was a gunner who left his battlestation trying to stop the
fire which caused a charge to explode. He was one of ten men on the
hose who were killed.
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/i/isherwood-ii.html.
Synopsis changed, thanks guys.