A civilian film crew goes along on a routine sea patrol of the United States nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 709). This is the first time in nearly 20 years that the US Navy has allowed a film crew aboard a submarine!! Also, retired submarine commanders and military experts discuss the tactics and strategy of undersea warfare from the early days of World War I to the revolutionary changes brought on by atomic power. Interviews with the crew of the Rickover help viewers understand more fully why they endure the danger, loneliness and confinement of submarine service.
Unusually, I have personally been aboard a submarine but I have never gone to sea in one. I also know people who have worked as crew members on submarines. There are 25 museum submarines located across the USA. 5* (I really liked this movie)
57 min, Documentary directed by David Hoffman and Kirk Wolfinger, written by William E. Duggan Jr. with Edward L. Beach, Tom Clancy, Robert Lansing.
Note: Imdb 7.5* out of 10* with 30 reviews, Amazon 3* out of 5* with 40 ratings, videolibrarian.com 4*, alibris.com 5*.
Special Note: This submarine was launched on August 27, 1983. It was sponsored by Rickover’s second wife Eleonore. Commissioned on July 21, 1984 and deactivated on December 14, 2006. In 2015, the Navy announced a Virginia-class submarine with the name USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) in his honor. Also, there is a Rickover Naval Academy and Rickover Junior High School.
Additional Note: Hyman George Rickover was born 1/27/1900 in Makov Russia and he died 7/8/1986 in Arlington Virginia. He was an American naval officer and engineer who developed the world’s first nuclear-powered engines and the first atomic-powered submarine the USS Nautilus launched in 1954. Later, he supervised plans to harness nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
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