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Down Periscope is a 1996 American military comedy submarine film directed by David S. Ward, produced by Robert Lawrence, and starring Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, and Rob Schneider along with Bruce Dern, Harry Dean Stanton, William H. Macy, and Rip Torn in supporting roles.
The first Stingray (Submarine No. 13), was a C-class submarine in commission from 1909 to 1919 that was renamed USS C-2 in 1911 and served during World War I. The second USS Stingray (SS-186) was a Salmon-class submarine in commission from 1938 to 1945 that served during World War II.
Torpedo Alley (1953) – US drama directed by Lew Landers, depicting a US Navy pilot rescued at sea by submarine before applying for submarine duty; a.k.a. Down Periscope [25] Submarine Attack (La grande speranza) (1954) – Italian action-romance directed by Duilio Coletti, depicting an Italian submarine sinking Allied shipping during the ...
Stingray then fired four more torpedoes at the damaged cargo ship that quickly sent Ikushima Maru to the bottom. On the afternoon of 8 April, while patrolling north of the Marianas, Stingray bounced off a large submerged object at a depth of 52 feet (16 m), lifting the submarine three or four feet (0.91 or 1.22 m). Inasmuch as the submarine was ...
USS Stingray – Balao-class submarine, Down Periscope, 1996 (no relation to the Salmon-class USS Stingray (SS-186)) HMS Surprise – British Royal Navy frigate, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003; HMS Sutherland – 74-gun ship of the line, Captain Horatio Hornblower, 1951; Tasha – ocean liner, Anastasia, 1997
USS Pampanito (SS-383/AGSS-383), a Balao-class submarine, is a United States Navy ship, the third named for the pompano fish. She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a United States Naval Reserve training ship from 1960 to 1971.
Also, "periscope feather" (the wave created by the snorkel or periscope moving through the water) can be spotted in calm seas. During the early months of the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II, British ships using the radar set Model 271 were able to detect the periscope of a submerged submarine at a distance of 800 m (0.50 mi) during tests ...
Torpedo Alley, also known as Down Periscope, is a 1952 American war film directed by Lew Landers and starring Mark Stevens, Dorothy Malone and Charles Winninger. It depicts a US Navy pilot rescued at sea by submarine before applying for submarine duty.