12 May 1995 – The movie Crimson Tide is released starring Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington as the skipper and executive officer of USS Alabama (SSBN 731). When ‘War Traffic’ is interrupted during an escalating conflict involving a potential nuclear exchange, the ship’s crew is divided when CO and XO differ over the need to launch their weapons. There is an early scene on a bus with James Gandolfini that stands out as a rather \ unlikely submarine crew moment.
© Gregg Smith
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