I think I've seen that movie, "The Final Countdown." Interesting premise, but I don't cotton to paranormal movies very much.
I liked "In Harm's Way," also starring Kirk Douglas and John Wayne.
My Dad's heavy cruise, the USS Northampton, was at sea when the Japanese attacked, and so avoided destruction until the Battle of Tassafaronga in 1942. Here's a picture of her that we have at our lake place. This ship figured fictionally in two of Herman Wouk's novels, "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance."
My Dad's shore pass, affixed to teakwood from the Northampton, which was removed before Pearl Harbor in anticipation of war with Japan. My Dad rescued it from the boneyard. He never threw away anything, so this and one other piece I found last year are probably the only parts of her that are not on the bottom of Ironbottom Sound.
Dad said that you could steer the ship from three different stations, each progressively deep in her belly.
The Thanksgiving Menu
On the menu:
Officers. My Dad was Admiral Newton's aid. It really pissed the officers off because when the Admiral went ashore, my Dad had to order up the Admiral's Barge and drive it in for him. He was only a corporal at the time.
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